SOLUTION: find the largest of the three consecutive even integers when six times the first integer is equal to five times the middle integer

SOLUTION: find the largest of the three consecutive even integers when six times the first integer is equal to five times the middle integer

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Question 774848: find the largest of the three consecutive even integers when six times the first integer is equal to five times the middle integer
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
consecutive even integers: (x-2), x, (x+2)

6(x-2) = 5x
6x - 12 = 5x
x = 12

The integers are 10, 12, and 14.
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