document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=524694>Question 524694</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find 3 consecutive even integers if their sum, decreased by the third, equals-22.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "decreased by the third, equals-22. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1st: 2x-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd: 2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3rd: 2x+2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sum - (2x+2) = -22<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6x-(2x+2) = -22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-2 = -22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = -20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1st: 2x-2 = -12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd: -10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3rd: -8<BR>\n" );
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