SOLUTION: Three consecutive even integers are such that the square of the third is 76 more than the square of the second. Find the three integers.
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Question 80789: Three consecutive even integers are such that the square of the third is 76 more than the square of the second. Find the three integers.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"Three consecutive even integers"
x, (x+2), (x+4)
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"are such that the square of the third is 76 more than the square of the second."
(x+4)^2 = (x+2)^2 + 76
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x^2 + 8x + 16 = (x^2 + 4x + 4) + 76
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x^2 + 8x + 16 = x^2 + 4x + 80
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x^2 - x^2 + 8x - 4x = 80 - 16
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4x = 64
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x = 16
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16, 18, 20 are the numbers
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Check on calc: 20^2 - 18^2 = 76
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