document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=35922>Question 35922</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Teacher's own problem, not loacted in a book. Three consecutive even integers are such that the square of the third is 76 more than the square of the second. Find the three integers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+2)^2 = 76 + x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=> x^2+4x+4 = x^2+76<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=> x = 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The consecutive integers are 16, 18, 20 </SPAN>\n" );
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