SOLUTION: Find three consecutive even integers such that twice the sum of the first and third integers is thirty more than the second integer
I know you have to use x, x+2, x+4 to start w
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Question 701958: Find three consecutive even integers such that twice the sum of the first and third integers is thirty more than the second integer
I know you have to use x, x+2, x+4 to start with but i dont get the wording? I have looked at other examples but stil dont understand
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The first is 
. The third is 
. The sum of the first and third is 
, that is 
. Then twice the sum of the first and third is )
, which is to say 
The second is 
. Thirty more than the second is 
, or rather 
.
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