SOLUTION: Find two consecutive even integers such that four times the first integer minus three times the second integer is equal to one half the first

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Question 827055: Find two consecutive even integers such that four times the first integer minus three times the second integer is equal to one half the first
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conescutive even integers: x, (x+2)

4x - 3(x+2) = x/2
4x - 3x - 6 = x/2
x - 6 = x/2
x/2 = 6
x = 12

The integers are 12 and 14.