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ALgebra structure and method Book 1
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The smaller of two consecutive even integers is five more than one half of the greater.
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ALgebra structure and method Book 1
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Let
= the smaller integer
Then
will be the next even integer
Multiply both sides by
The numbers are 12 and 14
check:
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