English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

Find two consecutive even integers such that three times the smaller equals twice the larger.

2007-02-12 04:15:13 · 2 answers · asked by Mega 1 in Education & Reference Homework Help

2 answers

n is the smaller integer
n+1 is the next or larger integer

3*n = 2*(n+1)
3n = 2n+2
3n-2n = 2n + 2 - 2n
n = 2
n+1 = 3
So the integers are 2 and 3
Check does 3 *2 = 2 * 3
Yes

2007-02-12 04:22:08 · answer #1 · answered by KingGeorge 5 · 0 0

3n = 2(n+1)
solves to n (the smaller integer) = 2

2007-02-12 12:20:58 · answer #2 · answered by kinvadave 5 · 0 0

fedest.com, questions and answers