SOLUTION: Find two consecutive even integers such that the smaller added to two times the larger gives a sum of 28?

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Question 344023: Find two consecutive even integers such that the smaller added to two times the larger gives a sum of 28?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let N and N%2B2 be the integers.
N%2B2%28N%2B2%29=28
N%2B2N%2B4=28
3N%2B4=28
3N=24
N=8
Then
N%2B2=10