Find three consecutive even integers such that four times the third integer is four

more than three times the first integer plus two times the second integer.
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Three consecutive even integers: n, (n+2), (n+4)
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write an equation for exactly what it says
4(n+4) = 3n + 4 + 2(n+2)
Distribute, combine like terms
4n + 16 = 3n + 4 + 2n + 4
4n + 16 = 5n + 8
16 - 8 = 5n - 4n
8=n
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8, 10, 12 are the integers
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Check solution in the statement
" four times the third integer is four more than three times the first integer plus two
times the second integer."
4(12) = 3(8) + 4 + 2(10)
48 = 24 + 4 + 20
The sum of two consecutive integers is 143. Write an equation that can be used to
find the first integer n?
let the integers be

and

( this is the equation )

The product of two negative consecutive even integers is 80. Find the integers.
-10 and -8.
The sum of two numbers is 5. The larger number is 7 more than the
smaller number. Find the numbers.
X+Y=5
Y=X+7
X+(X+7)=5
2X=5-7
2X=-2
X=-2/2
X=-1 ANS FOR THE SMALLER NUMBER.

-1+Y=5
Y=5+1
Y=6 ANS.
PROOF:
6=-1+7
6=6
The sum of two numbers is 24. The larger number is ten more than the
smaller. Find the numbers.
Call the numbers x and y. Then we can write
x + y = 24 and
x = y + 10
Now substitute the second into the first and get
y+10 + y = 24
2y + 10 = 24
2y = 14
y = 7 so that
x = 17
The larger of two numbers is eight more than the smaller number. Their
sum is twenty-two. Find the numbers.
number be X
the second number is x+8
x+(x+8)=22
2x+8=22
2x=14
x=7
plus 8 to find the larger number
15
7,15
7+15==========22
The sum of two numbers is 100. Five times the smaller number is eight
more than the larger. Find the numbers.
Let the smaller number = x
Let the bigger number = y
Now, we will make equations.
x + y = 100 ..... (Sum of the numbers)
5x - y = 8 (Five times the smaller no. is 8 more than the bigger no.)
By adding the above equations, we get
6x = 108

So x =
= 18
By substituting the value of x in the first equation, we get
18 + y = 100
So y = 100-18 = 82
So the smaller No. = 18
the bigger No. = 82 Ans.
The sum of two consecutive integers is 15. Find the numbers.
They've given me two pieces of information here. First, I know that I am adding two
numbers, and their sum is fifteen. Second, I know that the numbers are nice neat
round numbers (like 3 or 6), not messy ones (like 4.628 or 17/32), and that the
second number is one more than the first. This last piece of information comes from
the fact that "consecutive integers" (or "consecutive whole numbers", if they're
restricting the possibilities to only positive numbers) are one unit apart. Examples of
"consecutive integers" would be 12 and 11, 1 and 2, and 99 and 100. Using these
facts, I can set up the translation.

I will represent the first number by "n". Then the second number has to be "n + 1".
Their sum is then:

n + (n + 1) = 15
2n + 1 = 15
2n = 14
n = 7 Copyright Elizabeth Stapel 2000-2011 All Rights Reserved

The exercise did not ask me for the value of the variable n; it asked for the identity
of two numbers. So my answer is not "n = 7"; the actual answer is:

"The numbers are 7 and 8."

The product of two consecutive negative even integers is 24. Find the numbers.

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They have told me quite a bit about these two numbers: the numbers are even and
they are negative. (The fact that they are negative may help if I come up with two
solutions a positive and a negative so I'll know which one to pick.) Since even
numbers are two apart (for example, 4 and 2 or 10 and 12), then I also know that
the second number is two greater than the first. I also know that, when I multiply
the two numbers, I will get 24. In other words, letting the first number be "n" and
the second number be "n + 2", I have:

(n)(n + 2) = 24
n2 + 2n = 24
n2 + 2n 24 = 0
(n + 6)(n 4) = 0
Then the solutions are n = 6 and n = 4. Since the numbers I am looking for are
negative, I can ignore the "4" and take n = 6. Then the next number is n + 2 = 4,
and the answer is

The numbers are 6 and 4.

In the exercise above, one of the answers was one of the solutions to the equation;
the other answer was the negative of the other solution to the equation. Warning:
Do not assume that you can use both solutions if you just change the signs to be
whatever you feel like. While this often "works", it does not always work, and it's

sure to annoy your teacher. Throw out invalid results, and solve properly for valid
ones.

Twice the larger of two numbers is three more than five times the smaller, and the
sum of four times the larger and three times the smaller is 71. What are the
numbers?
The point of exercises like this is to give you practice in unwrapping and unwinding
these words, and turning the words into algebraic equations. The point is in the
solving, not in the relative "reality" of the problem. That said, how do you solve this?
The best first step is to start labelling:

the larger number: x

the smaller number: y

twice the larger: 2x

three more than five times the smaller: 5y + 3
relationship between ("is"): 2x = 5y + 3

four times the larger: 4x

three times the smaller: 3y
relationship between ("sum of"): 4x + 3y = 71

Now I have two equations in two variables:

2x = 5y + 3
4x + 3y = 71

I will solve, say, the first equation for x:

x = (5/2)y + (3/2)

Then I'll plug the right-hand side of this into the second equation in place of the "x":

4[ (5/2)y + (3/2) ] + 3y = 71
10y + 6 + 3y = 71
13y + 6 = 71
13y = 65
y = 65/13 = 5

Now that I have the value for y, I can solve for x:

x = (5/2)y + (3/2)
x = (5/2)(5) + (3/2)
x = (25/2) + (3/2)
x = 28/2 = 14

As always, I need to remember to answer the question that was actually asked. The
solution here is not "x = 14", but is the following sentence:

The larger number is 14, and the smaller number is 5.

One number is four times as large as another. The sum of the numbers is 45. Find
the numbers.
Since the first sentence states that one number is 4 times as large as another, the
numbers can be represented as x and 4x. Since the second sentence states that the
sum of the numbers is 45, the equation can be set up as x + 4x = 45.
The sum of two consecutive even numbers is 54. Find the numbers

The sum of two consecutive even numbers is 54. Find the numbers. The numbers
must be the sum of 54
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1st integer = x
2nd integer = x + 2

x + x + 2 = 54
2x + 2 = 54
2x = 52

x = 26

The 1st integer is 26.

The 2nd integer is 28.

Let's add these numbers.

26 + 28 = 54
54 = 54
The sum of two consecutive even numbers is 54. Find the numbers
The sum of two consecutive even numbers is 54. Find the numbers. The numbers
must be the sum of 54
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1st integer = x
2nd integer = x + 2

x + x + 2 = 54
2x + 2 = 54
2x = 52
x = 26

The 1st integer is 26.

The 2nd integer is 28.

Let's add these numbers.

26 + 28 = 54
54 = 54

Find the lesser of two consecutive integers whose sum is greater than 16.
Let the lesser integer be I

Then the larger integer is: I + 1

Since the sum of both is greater than 16, then:

I + I + 1 > 16
2I > 15

=
Any number greater than
can be used as the lesser of the two
numbers, as long as 1 is added to the lesser chosen number to get the
larger number.

Find the ratio of the smaller to larger of the two consecutive even numbers whose
sum is 26?