SOLUTION: Determine three consecutive even numbers whose sum is 60?

SOLUTION: Determine three consecutive even numbers whose sum is 60?

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Question 134589: Determine three consecutive even numbers whose sum is 60?
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If x is an even number, then the next consecutive even number must be x + 2, and the next one after that must be x + 4.

So,

So the first even number must be 18, the second 20, and the third 22.

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