Make sure you read through the problem carefully so that you recognize that we are dealing with consecutive <u>even</u> integers here.
Any 2 consecutive even integers can be represented as x + x + 2.
So we can represent our integers as follows.
X ⇒<em> first integer</em>
X + 2 ⇒ <em>second integer</em>
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Since their sum is 168, our equation reads x + x + 2 = 186.
Simplifying on the left side gives us 2x + 2 = 186.
Now subtract 2 from both sides to get 2x = 184.
Now divide both sides by 2 and we find that <em>x = 92</em>.
If x = 92, then <em>x + 2</em> will be 92 + 2 or 94.
So our two consecutive integers are <em>92</em> and <em>94</em>.
