SOLUTION: The sum of three consecutive even integers is 408. What is the largest of the three integers?

Question 729461: The sum of three consecutive even integers is 408. What is the largest of the three integers?
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, Alan3354:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If we start with an even number and each number in the sequence is more than the previous number then we will get .
Let be first even number, than is second and third consecutive number.
Their sum is:
...solve for

.....first even number
.....second even number
.....third even number
so,the largest of the three integers is

Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sum of three consecutive even integers is 408. What is the largest of the three integers?
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408/3 = 136, the middle number

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