document.write( "Question 312612: Find three consecutive positive even integers such that the product of the second and third integers is twenty more than ten times the first integer. \n" ); document.write( "

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x, x+2, x+4
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28x%2B2%29%28x%2B4%29=20%2B10x\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28x%5E2%2B6x%2B8%29=20%2B10x\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28x%5E2-4x-12%29=0\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28x-6%29%28x%2B2%29=0\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=6\"$ , $\"cross%28-2%29\"$ cant be negative
\n" ); document.write( "6,8,10 are the 3 numbers\r
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28x%2B2%29%28x%2B4%29=20%2B10x\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%288%29%2810%29=20%2B10%286%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%2880%29=20%2B%2860%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"80=80\"$ \r
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