SOLUTION: What is a way to write,the sum of two consecutive even integers is 2 more than twice the smaller integer.

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Question 245794: What is a way to write,the sum of two consecutive even integers is 2 more than twice the smaller integer.
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What is a way to write,the sum of two consecutive even integers is 2 more than twice the smaller integer.
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Let x = the "smaller" of two consecutive even integers
then
x+2 = the "larger" of two consecutive even integers
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x + (x+2) = 2 + 2x