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By how much is the greatest of five consecutive even integer

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By how much is the greatest of five consecutive even integer [#permalink]  16 Apr 2018, 11:06
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By how much is the greatest of five consecutive even integers greater than the smallest among them?

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 8
(E) 10
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Kudos [?]: 546 [1] , given: 88

Re: By how much is the greatest of five consecutive even integer [#permalink]  18 Apr 2018, 01:35
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We need a set of $$5$$ consecutive even integer so chose something easy to work with
For eg. $$0,2,4,6,8$$

$$8-0 = 8$$
option D

Another approach,
If $$x$$ is the smallest integer than the remaining four integers are
$$x+2, x+4, x+6, x+8$$
Hence, largest - smallest $$= x+8 -x = 8$$
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Re: By how much is the greatest of five consecutive even integer   [#permalink] 18 Apr 2018, 01:35
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