SOLUTION: Find three consecutive even integers such that their sum is -60

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Question 231565: Find three consecutive even integers such that their sum is -60
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Let represent the first even integer. Then the second even integer must be . The one after that must be .

The sum is -60:



Just solve for . Hint: No one said the answers have to be positive integers.

John