SOLUTION: Please help! solve algebracially using one variable: find three consectutive even integers such that the product of the first two is two less than five times the third integer. tha

Question 226424: Please help! solve algebracially using one variable: find three consectutive even integers such that the product of the first two is two less than five times the third integer. thank u!!
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if x is the 1st integer, then x+2 is the 2nd, and x+4 is the 3rd

x(x+2) + 2 = 5(x+4)

x^2 + 2x + 2 = 5x + 20

x^2 - 3x - 18 = 0

(x + 3)(x - 6) = 0

x = -3 and x = 6

integers are 6, 8, and 10
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