document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=500205>Question 500205</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the sum of 3 consecutive even integers is fourteen less than twice the smallest of these intergers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the smallest and greatest interger </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #338071 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=geetha_rama><B>geetha_rama(94)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=geetha_rama><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=338071\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let X be the smallest integer\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X + X+2 +X+4 = 2X - 14   (Equation 1)  (Sum of the three integers is 14 less than twice the smallest of these integers)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3X + 6 = 2X -14\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3X - 2X = -14-6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X = -20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer : Three integers are -20, -18, -16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "LHS of Eq 1 : Sum of these three integrers = -54<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RHS : 2X - 14 = 2*-20 -14 = -54\r<BR>\n" );
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