document.write( "Question 351934: how do I work this word problem?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #251607 by Fombitz(32388) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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If the greatest is $\"x\"$ , then the previous one is $\"x-2\"$ , and the one before that is $\"x-4\"$ , since they're consecutive even numbers.
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28S=3x-6%29\"$
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