Question

If the sum of two consecutive even integers ‘a’ and ‘b’ is k, what is the sum of the next two consecutive integers greater than ‘b’ in terms of k?

Answer 1

We have two consecutive even integers:

a and b.

We know that we can write a even integer as:

a = 2*n

where n is an integer.

Then the consecutive integer to a, b, will be:

b = 2*n + 2.

Then the sum of a and b is:

a + b = 2n + 2n + 2 = 4*n + 2 = 2*(2n + 1) = k.

The next two consecutive integers greater than b will be:

c = 2n + 4

d = 2n + 6

then:

c + d = (2n + 4) + (2n + 6) = 4n + 10 = k + 4.