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  • 19-10-2017
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Two consecutive even integers have a sum of 42 . find the integers.

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  • 20-10-2017
consecutive means 2 numbers next to each other

so let x equal our first number
and to get the number next to it, we simply add 1
so.. x + (x+1) = 42

combine terms and subtract 1 from each side
2x = 41

divide each side by 2
x = 20.5
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