SOLUTION: Find 3 consecutive even integers such that the sum of the three integers is 90.

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Question 1000627: Find 3 consecutive even integers such that the sum of the three integers is 90.
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call the numbers x, x+2, and x+4. They are even so we go by twos.
Summing them we get
x+(x+2)+(x+4)=90
3x + 6 = 90
3x = 84
x = 28
The numbers are 28, 30, and 32.