document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=250765>Question 250765</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> FIND THREE CONSECUTIVE POSITIVE EVEN WHOLE NUMBERS SUCH THAT THE SUM OF THE SQUARE OF THE TWO SMALLER NUMBERS IS 20 MORE THAN THE SQUARE OF THE LARGEST NUMBER. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the smallest of the three consecutive postive even integers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then the other two integers are x+2 and x+4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We have then:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 + (x+2)^2 = (x+4)^2 + 20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x and then calculate x+2 and x+4.  </SPAN>\n" );
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