document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=209422>Question 209422</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am having a problem with solving the word equations. Im not sure of how to write them out. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Find three consecutive even integers such that eight times the sum of the first two integers is eight more than twelve times the third  integer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is what I wrote out but I don't believe it is right:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8(x+x)=8 + 12(x+3) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let  consecutive  EVEN  integers  be,,,x,,,,,x+2,,,,x+4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then  equation  becomes,,,,8{(x) +(x+2)} = 8+12(x+4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8{2x+2} = 8 +12x + 48<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16x +16 =8 +12x +48<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x = 40<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=10,,,integers  are,,,10,,,12,,,14<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check,,,8(10+12) = 8 + 12(14)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8(22) =8 + 12(14)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "176 = 8+168 = 176,,,,ok<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "NOTE,  the  relation x,,x+2,,x+4,,etc,,,,works  for  consecutive  EVEN  or  ODD  integers<BR>\n" );
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