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if the smaller of two consecutive even intergers is subtracted from 3 times the larger the result is 42

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two consecutive even integers are x and x + 2
3(x + 2) - x = 42
3x + 6 -x = 42
2x = 36
  x = 18
answer
smaller number: 18
bigger number: 18 + 2 = 20
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