document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=230222>Question 230222</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the following as an algrebraic expression, Then simplify.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sum of three even consecutive integers if the first integer is y. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let y = first integer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+2= second integer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+4=third integer\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add them up and you get y+y+2+y=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine like terms, and you get 3y+6 for the sum of the integers.  You still can't find the sum unless you know what y is, and you can't find y is you don't know the sum.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dr. Robert J. Rapalje </SPAN>\n" );
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