document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=993127>Question 993127</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you please help me solve the following problem?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find three consecutive even integers such<BR>\n" );
document.write( " that their sum is six less than twice the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "smallest<BR>\n" );
document.write( "what I have come up with is not working. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I have the smallest number =s and the<BR>\n" );
document.write( " sum=x therefore<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s+(s+2)+(s+4)=x and x-6=2s+6 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "But every number I plug in does not <BR>\n" );
document.write( "equate <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What am I doing wrong? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find three consecutive even integers such that their sum is six less than twice the smallest.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the smallest of these three consecutive even integers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then the two others are (x+2) and (x+4).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Their sum is x + (x+2) + (x+4) = 3x + 6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "According to the condition,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x + 6 = 2x - 6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = -12.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<U>Answer</U>. The smallest of these three consecutive even integers is -12.\r<BR>\n" );
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