SOLUTION: Find the three consecutive even integers for which 3 times the largest is twice the sum of the two smaller integers. What is the answer to that question?

SOLUTION: Find the three consecutive even integers for which 3 times the largest is twice the sum of the two smaller integers. What is the answer to that question?

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Question 40145: Find the three consecutive even integers for which 3 times the largest is twice the sum of the two smaller integers. What is the answer to that question?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the numbers be x, x+2, and x+4.
Then 3(x+4) = 2(x + x+2)
3x + 12 = 4x + 4
x = 8
x+2 = 10
x+4 = 12
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