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This article deals with a nonlinear operator equation \(x=A (x,x)\) with \(A:[u_0,v_0]\times [u_0,v_0]\to E\) in a real Banach space \(E\) ordered by a total minihedral cone \(P\). Assuming that \(u_0\leq A(u_0,v_0)\), \(A(v_0,u_0)\leq v_0\), the authors formulate conditions under which the equation \(x=A(x,x)\) has coupled minimal and maximal quasi-solutions \((x^*,y^*)\) (this means \(x^*=A(x^*, y^*)\), \(y^* =A(y^*,x^*))\), and then a solution \(w\) satisfying \(x^*\leq w^*\leq y^*\). As an application, the following nonlinear impulsive integral equation \[ x(t)= \int^a_0g(t,s)h \bigl(s,x(s),x(s)\bigr) ds+ \sum_{0< t_i<t} I_i \bigl(x(t_i), x(t_i)\bigr) \] is considered. The authors' constructions are based on the theory of measures of noncompactness and condensing operators.