Provide an appropriate response.Tom's teacher asks him to solve the following problem: "The product of two consecutive even numbers is 168. Find the numbers." Tom rewords the problem and translates to the following equation:
Why is this equation not correct and what would the correct equation be?
What will be an ideal response?
Consecutive even numbers differ by 2. If the smallest number is named x, then the other number is x + 2 not x + 1 and the equation is x(x + 2) = 168.
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