document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=184722>Question 184722</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find three consecutive even integers such that two times the sum of the first and the third integer is twenty-two less than the product of three and the second number </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1st: 2x-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd: 2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3rd: 2x+2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(2x-2 + 2x+2) = 3(2x) - 22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(4x) = 6x -22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x-6x = -22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = -22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1st: 2(-11)-2 = -24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd: -22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3rd: -20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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