SOLUTION: Find three consecutive even integers such that three times the smaller is four more than twice the largest??? What does that mean???

SOLUTION: Find three consecutive even integers such that three times the smaller is four more than twice the largest??? What does that mean???

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Question 788447: Find three consecutive even integers such that three times the smaller is four more than twice the largest??? What does that mean???
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let

represent the first of the three consecutive even integers. Then

must be the next one, and

has to be the one after that.

Three times the smallest is

and four more than twice the largest is

. "Is" means equals, so:

Solve for

. Then calculate

and

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