document.write( "Question 653256: The sum of the largest and smallest of three consecutive even numbers is 68. What are the three numbers? \n" ); document.write( "
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To generalize three consecutive even numbers, we can write:
\n" ); document.write( "first number: x
\n" ); document.write( "second number number: x + 2
\n" ); document.write( "third number: x + 4\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So, the largest is x + 4. The smallest is x. \"the sum of the largest and smallest is 68\":\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x + (x + 4) = 68
\n" ); document.write( "2x + 4 = 68 (combined like terms on the left side of the equation)
\n" ); document.write( "2x = 64 (subtracted 4 from both sides)
\n" ); document.write( "x = 32 (divided bith sides by 2)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If the smallest number (x) is 32, then the next even number (x + 2) is 34, and the next one after that (x + 4) is 36.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "check: 32 + 36 = 68
\n" ); document.write( "answer: 32, 34, 36
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