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document.write( "Find 4 consecutive even numbers such that 3/4 of the sum of the 2nd and 4th equal the sum of the first and the third. \n" );
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| Algebra.Com's Answer #440551 by checkley79(3341)      You can put this solution on YOUR website! LET X, X+2, X+4 & X+6 BE THE 4 EVEN NUMBERS. \n" ); document.write( ".75(X+2+X+6)=X+X+4 \n" ); document.write( ".75(2X+8)=2X+4 \n" ); document.write( "1.5X+6=2X+4 \n" ); document.write( "1.5X-2X=4-6 \n" ); document.write( "-.5X=-2 \n" ); document.write( "X=-2/-.5 \n" ); document.write( "X=4 ANS. FOR THE SMALLER NUMBER. \n" ); document.write( "4+2=6 ANS. FOR THE SECOND NUMBER. \n" ); document.write( "4+4=8 ANS. FOR THE THIRD NUMBER. \n" ); document.write( "4+6=10 ANS. FOR THE LARGEST NUMBER. \n" ); document.write( "PROOF: \n" ); document.write( ".75(6+10)=4+8 \n" ); document.write( ".75*16=12 \n" ); document.write( "12=12 \n" ); document.write( " |