document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=226654>Question 226654</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> three times the largest of three consecutive even integers is twenty-two more than the sum of the other two. Find the integers<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #168731 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=168731\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x, x+2 & x=4 be the 3 integers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(x+4)=x+x+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+12=2x+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-2x=2-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-10 ans. for the first integer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-10+2=-8 ans. for the middle integer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-10=4=-6 ans. for the largest integer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Proof;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*-6=-10-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-18=-18<BR>\n" );
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