SOLUTION: Find three consecutive even numbers whose sum is negative seventy-two.

SOLUTION: Find three consecutive even numbers whose sum is negative seventy-two.

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Question 25063: Find three consecutive even numbers whose sum is negative seventy-two.

Answer by venugopalramana(3286) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
LET THE NUMBERS BE 2N,2N+2,2N+4
THEIR SUM IS
2N+2N+2+2N+4=6N+6=-72
6N=-72-6=-78
N=-78/6=-13
HENCE THE NUMBERS ARE -26,-24,-22
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