The product of two consecutive even numbers is 624. Find the numbers.

Short Answer

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Two consecutive even integers whose product is 624 are26,24and-24,-26.

Step by step solution

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Step 1. Given information

There are two consecutive even numbers. Its product is 624.

Find these numbers using the quadratic equation.

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Step 2. Calculation

Consider first even number is x. So, the second consecutive even number is x+2.

So, the equation becomes,

xx+2=624x2+2x-624=0

Solve the equation

x-24x+26=0

So,

x-24=0x=24

x+26=0x=-26

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Step 3. Conclusion

  • If the first even number is 24 then the second even number is 26.
  • If the first even number is -26 then the second even number is -24.

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