SOLUTION: Find the three consecutive positive even integers such that the square of the second is equal to four time the sum of the first and third integers.

SOLUTION: Find the three consecutive positive even integers such that the square of the second is equal to four time the sum of the first and third integers.

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Question 357026: Find the three consecutive positive even integers such that the square of the second is equal to four time the sum of the first and third integers.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the integers be x , x+2,x+4
(x+2)^2=4(x+x+4)
x^2+4x+4=8x+16
x^2-4x-12=0
x^2-6x+2x-12=0
x(x-6)+2(x-6)=0
(x-6)(x+2)=0
x=6
6,8,10 are the integers
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