document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=397741>Question 397741</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find three consecutive even integers such that three times the first plus twice the third is 248.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "We can show these as x, x+2, x+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we can set up an equation as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 2(x+4)= 248<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine like terms:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+8=248<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 8 and divide by 5 both sides:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=48 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So now we know the integers are 48,50,52<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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