document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=243740>Question 243740</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me to figure out this problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "THis is how the word problem is written in the book:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find three consecutive even intergers such that the square of the largest exceeds the sum of the squares of the other two by 12. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "They're x, x+2 and x+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+4)^2 = x^2 + (x+2)^2 + 12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you do the rest? </SPAN>\n" );
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