Homework Help: Math

Posted by Jaime on Sunday, June 3, 2007 at 1:09pm.

The greater of two consecutive even integers is six less than twice the smaller. Find the integers.

Let the smaller be x. That means that the larger is x+2. From your statement

x+2=2x-6

Solve for x.

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