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document.write( "Let the first integer be x, the next consecutive even integer be, (x+2) and the third consecutive even integer be (x+4).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Their sum = -24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + (x+2) + (x+4) = -24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x + 6 = -24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x = -30\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = -10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+2) = -8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+4) = -6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The largest integer is -6. </SPAN>\n" );
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