document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=139337>Question 139337</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help me translate this into a quadratic equation and solve. Thanks!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "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.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #101614 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><B>checkley77(12844)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=101614\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> LET X, X+2, & X+4 BE THE 3 CONSECUTIVE EVEN INTEGERS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(X+4)^2=(X+2)^2+76<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X^2+8X+16=X^2+4X+4+76<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8X-4X=4+76-16=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4X=64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=64/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=16 ANSWER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16+2=18 FOR THE MIDDLE NUMBER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16+4=20 FOR THE THIRD NUMBER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20^2=18^2+76<BR>\n" );
document.write( "400=324+76<BR>\n" );
document.write( "400=400 </SPAN>\n" );
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