SOLUTION: find two consecutive even integers such that five times the smaller integer is ten more than three times the larger integer

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Question 842931: find two consecutive even integers such that five times the smaller integer is ten more than three times the larger integer
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two consecutive even integers x,x+2
3(x+2) = 5x - 10
3x +6 = 5x -10
2x = 16
x =8
8,10