SOLUTION: Find two consecutive even integers whose sum is 117

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Question 226096: Find two consecutive even integers whose sum is 117
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Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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You are going to spend a LONG time looking for the answer to this one. The sum of ANY two even integers, consecutive or otherwise, is itself even, but 117 is odd. If two integers have a sum of 117, then one of them must be even and the other odd.

John

Answer by drj(1380) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find two consecutive even integers whose sum is 117.

Step 1. Let n be the first even integer.

Step 2. Let n+2 be the next consecutive even integer.

Step 3. Then n+n+2=117 since two consecutive even integers whose sum is 117.

Step 4. Solving yields the following steps.



Divide by 2 to both sides of the equation

2n%2F2=115%2F2

n=17.5 but this is not an even integer.

Step 5. ANSWER: There is no solution to this problem. Note the addition of two even integers will not yield an odd integer.

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