SOLUTION: Find three consecutive even numbers so that when I double the largest and then add the smallest, I get 116. Write an equation and solve.
Trial and Error:
36,38,40
40+40=80 Large
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: Find three consecutive even numbers so that when I double the largest and then add the smallest, I get 116. Write an equation and solve.
Trial and Error:
36,38,40
40+40=80 Largest Doubled
80+36=116 Largest Doubled + Smallest
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Found 2 solutions by checkley71, andrewl:
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(X+4)*2+X=116
2X+8+X=116
3X=116-8
3X=108
X=108/3
X=36 SOLUTION FOR THE SMALLEST NUMBER
36+4=40 SOLUTION FOR THE LARGEST NUMBER
PROOF
2*40+36=116
80+36=116
116=116
Answer by andrewl(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Trial and Error:
36,38,40
40+40=80 Largest Doubled
80+36=116 Largest Doubled + Smallest
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