document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=147985>Question 147985</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Five times the first of three consecutive even integers is fourteen more than three times the second. What is the third consecutive integer? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = 1st of three consecutive integers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+2 = 2nd of three consecutive integers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+4 = 3rd of three consecutive integers<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From:\"Five times the first of three consecutive even integers is fourteen more than three times the second.\" we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 3(x+2)+14<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solving for x:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 3(x+2)+14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 3x+6+14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 3x+20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The \"3rd of the three consecutive integers\" is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+4 = 10+4 = 14<BR>\n" );
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