document.write( "Question 274606: two times the first of three consecutive even integers is twenty-four more than the product of the third integer and four. find the integers. \n" ); document.write( "
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Let the 3 consecutive even integers be: x, (x+2), (x+4)
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\n" ); document.write( "2x = 4(x+4) + 24
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\n" ); document.write( "2x = 4x + 16 + 24
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\n" ); document.write( "2x - 4x = 40
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\n" ); document.write( "-2x = 40
\n" ); document.write( "x has to be +, multiply by -1
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\n" ); document.write( "x = -20 is the 1st integer
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\n" ); document.write( "-18, -16 are the 2nd and third integers
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\n" ); document.write( "2(-20) = 4(-16) + 24
\n" ); document.write( "-40 = -64 + 24\r
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