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The product of two consecutive negative even integers is equal to 30 more than the first. Find the integers. write the solutiojs in least to greatest order.

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The numbers are -6 and -4.

Step-by-step explanation:

[tex]x * (x + 2) = x + 30\\x^{2} + 2x = x + 30\\x^{2} +x-30=0\\(x+6)(x-5)=0\\[/tex]

x = -6 and x = 5 (which is not negative).

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