SOLUTION: A student is building a bookcase with stepped shelves for her dorm room. She buys a 48 inch board and wants to cut the board into 3 consecuive even integers. find the 3 board lengt
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Question 351252: A student is building a bookcase with stepped shelves for her dorm room. She buys a 48 inch board and wants to cut the board into 3 consecuive even integers. find the 3 board lengths.
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+x+2+x+4=48
3x=42
x=14
x+2=16
x+4=18
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