Question 105677: The smaller of two consecutive even intigers is one less than half of the greater. Found 2 solutions by elima, drsnyder66:Answer by elima(1433) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The smaller of two consecutive even integers is one less than half of the greater.
x = first integer
since they are even consecutive, they are 2 numbers apart;
x+2 = second integer
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1/2x=2
x=4
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first integer = 4
second integer = 6
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! For this problem we will represent the larger number as x.
Therefore the smaller number is x-2.
add 2 to both sides
multiply 2 to both sides
subtract x from both sides
therefore the numbers are 0 & 2
If you take 1/2 of 2, you get 1. 1 less than 1 is 0.
0 and 2 are 2 consecutive even numbers.
The previous answer does is not correct as it does not solve the problem.
if you take 1/2 of 6 you get 3, 1 less than 3 is 2. 2 & 6 are not two consecutive even numbers.
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