Beverly's answer to Nancy low's Secondary 1 Maths Singapore question.

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(a) can be n^2 - 2n also. since its consecutive numbers, the other number is either (n+2) or (n-2). in this case, since n is the bigger even number, the other even number has to be (n-2)