SOLUTION: Find the three consecutive even integers if their sum, decreased by the third, equals 22.

SOLUTION: Find the three consecutive even integers if their sum, decreased by the third, equals 22.

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Question 767914: Find the three consecutive even integers if their sum, decreased by the third, equals 22.
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
consecutive even integers: (x-2), x, (x+2)

(x-2) + x + (x+2) - (x+2) = 22
2x - 2 = 22
2x = 24
x = 12

The integers are 10, 12, 14.
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