document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=629851>Question 629851</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can I ask the following step by step procedures in this Problem so that I could understand the solution.thanks<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "     The sum of twice the 1st, four times the 2nd plus the 3rd of the three consecutive even integers is equal to 96. find the integers<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Setting up these problems is sometimes the toughest. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x be the first even integer (x+2) and (x+4) be the next ones. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we can write the equation as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+4(x+2)+(x+4)=96<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine like terms:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x+12=96<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 10 and divide by 7 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So therefore the even numbers are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12,14,16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ<BR>\n" );
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