SOLUTION: Find two consecutive even integers such that twenty times the first is nineteen times the second.

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Question 777087: Find two consecutive even integers such that twenty times the first is nineteen times the second.
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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consecutive even integers: x, (x+2)

20x = 19(x+2)
20x = 19x + 38
x = 38

The integers are 38 and 40.