SOLUTION: Three times the first of three consecutive even integers is four more than twice the third.Find the third integer?

SOLUTION: Three times the first of three consecutive even integers is four more than twice the third.Find the third integer?

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Question 764542: Three times the first of three consecutive even integers is four more than twice the third.Find the third integer?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
consecutive even integers: (x-2), x, (x+2)

3(x-2) = 4 + 2(x+2)
3x - 6 = 2x + 8
x = 14

The integers are 12, 14, and 16.
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