SOLUTION: Find four consecutive integers such that four times the second diminished by twice the fourth is 10.

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Question 356065: Find four consecutive integers such that four times the second diminished by twice the fourth is 10.
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find four consecutive integers such that four times the second diminished by twice the fourth is 10.
let the integers be
x,x+1,x+2,x+3
4(x+1)-2(x+3)=10
4x+4-2x-6=10
2x-2=10
2x=10+2
2x=12
/2
x=6
the integers are 6,7,8,9
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