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Find four consecutive even integers such that five times the fourth diminished by twice the second is twenty.

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x, x+1, x+2, x+3

5(x+3)-2(x+1) = 20

5x + 15 -2x -2 = 20

3x + 13 = 20

x = 11

answer : 11, 12, 13, 14

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