Question

How do you find the two numbers if the greater of two consecutive even integers is 6 less then twice the smaller?

Answer 1

Substitute `n` and `n+2` into the description to get an equation in `n` and solve to find the pair `8` and `10`.

Explanation:

Suppose the two integers are `n` and `n+2`

Then `(n+2)+6=2n`

Subtract `n` from both sides to get:

`n=8`

So the two integers are `n=8` and `n+2=10`