document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=777379>Question 777379</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> House numbers on one side of a street are consecutive even integers. The sum of the first three house numbers on the street is 6216. What is the number of the third house?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #474042 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=FrankM><B>FrankM(1040)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=FrankM><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=FrankM><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=474042\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Even numbers are of the form 2N where N starts at 1. So 3 consecutive numbers are 2N, 2N+2, 2N+4. We just need to solve for N. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2N+(2N+2)+(2N+4)= 6N+6=6216,  6N=6210, N=1035 and our numbers are \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2070,2072,2074\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANS: 2074\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note - the 'easy way' to solve is 6216/3 = 2072 which is the middle number, and +2 for last house, -2 for first. Teachers like the first answer better.  </SPAN>\n" );
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