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Question 254439: Please help. I've been trying to solve this problem: Find two consecutive odd integers whose sum is 2 less than twice the larger. my working equation is: (x)+(x+2)=2(x+2)-2 (x is an odd integer; x+2 is the larger integer). All I get is 0! There must be something wrong with what I'm doing. Please help. Thanks! Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
