How do you find two consecutive even integers whose sum is 126?
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I found
Explanation:
Let us call our integers:
and
and use your condition as:
solve for
so our numbers will be:
and
Two consecutive numbers are: 62 and 64
Explanation:
2 times any number will give an even number so lets play with some number.
Investigate
Looks as though we may have found a mathematical tool that works.
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Let the 'seed number be
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Check:
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Two consecutive numbers are: 62 and 64