SOLUTION: find two consecutive even integers so that three times the smaller is 40 more than two times the larger

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Question 302025: find two consecutive even integers so that three times the smaller is 40 more than two times the larger
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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find two consecutive even integers so that three times the smaller is 40 more than two times the larger
let one smaller integer be x
so other integer will be x+2
3x-40 = 2(x+2)
3x-40 =2x+4
3x-2x=40+4
x=44
the other number = 46