document.write( "Question 1124197: Find three consecutive even integers for which three times the smallest one is the same as 6 less than the sum of the two larger ones. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So I set up the problem as 3x=6-(x+2)+(x+4)
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document.write( "The correct equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "3x = (x+2)+(x+4) - 6.\r\n" );
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