Question
What is the largest two consecutive even integers with a total sum less than or equal to 130?
Answers
Ms. Sue
Hint: Divide 130 by 2.
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even
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it has to be even though
Ms. Sue
What is 130/2?
What are two even numbers near that quotient?
What are two even numbers near that quotient?
Reiny
two consecutive even integers
---> x and x+2
x + x+2 ≤ 130
2x ≤ 128
x ≤ 64
so how about 62 and 64 as the largest pair
---> x and x+2
x + x+2 ≤ 130
2x ≤ 128
x ≤ 64
so how about 62 and 64 as the largest pair