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The product of two consecutive even positive integers is one hundred twenty. fined the integers

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product is multiplication:

x * (x+2) = 201

x^2 +2x = 120

x^2 + 2x -120 = 0

(x+12) (x-10) = 0

x = -12 and x = 10

-12 x -1 = 12

the 2 numbers are 10 and 12

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