SOLUTION: Find three consecutive even integers whose sum is zero

Question 159290: Find three consecutive even integers whose sum is zero
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let n=first number. So this means that the second number is n+2 and the third is n+4. Since the sum of the three numbers is 0, this means that

Start with the given equation.

Combine like terms on the left side.

Subtract from both sides.

Combine like terms on the right side.

Divide both sides by to isolate .

Reduce.

So the first number is -2, the second is and the third is
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