document.write( "Question 315365: 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( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #225668 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! let the first integer be x \n" ); document.write( "second = x+2 \n" ); document.write( "third = x+4 \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "(x+2)(x+4)=10x+20 \n" ); document.write( "x^2+6x+8=10x+20 \n" ); document.write( "x^2-4x-12=0 \n" ); document.write( "x^2-6x+4x-12=0 \n" ); document.write( "x(x-6)+4(x-3)=0 \n" ); document.write( "(x-6)(x+4)=0 \n" ); document.write( "x= 6 \n" ); document.write( "the numbers are 6,8,10. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |