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Find the Consecutive Even Integers Whose Squares Have the Sum 340.

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Find the consecutive even integers whose squares have the sum 340.

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Solution

Let the consecutive even integers be 2x and 2x + 2.

Then according to the given hypothesis,

(2๐‘ฅ)2 + (2๐‘ฅ + 2)2 = 340

⇒ 8๐‘ฅ2 + 8๐‘ฅ - 336 = 0

⇒ ๐‘ฅ2 + ๐‘ฅ - 42 = 0

⇒ ๐‘ฅ2 + 7๐‘ฅ - 6๐‘ฅ - 42 = 0

⇒ ๐‘ฅ(๐‘ฅ + 7) - 6(๐‘ฅ + 7) = 0

⇒ (๐‘ฅ + 7)(๐‘ฅ - 6) = 0

⇒ x = -7 or x = 6

Considering, the positive integers of x.

⇒ x = 6; 2x = 12 and 2x + 2 = 14.

∴ The two consecutive even integers are 12 and 14.

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Chapter 4: Quadratic Equations - Exercise 4.7 [Page 52]

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R.D. Sharma Mathematics [English] Class 10
Chapter 4 Quadratic Equations
Exercise 4.7 | Q 15 | Page 52

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