SOLUTION: What are two consecutive even integers such that five times the larger minus four times the smaller is twenty?

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Question 666360: What are two consecutive even integers such that five times the larger minus four times the smaller is twenty?
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Consecutive even integers
x and x+2
5(x+2)-4x = 20
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5x + 10 - 4x = 20
x = 10
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