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document.write( "Let \"n\" be the middle number of this set of five consecutive even integers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the numbers are  n-4, n-2, n, n+2, n+4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The condition says that their sum is 56\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (n-4) + (n-2) + n + (n+2) + (n+4) = 56\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify\r\n" );
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document.write( "                  5n                  = 56\r\n" );
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document.write( "                   n                  = 56/5 = 11.2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "This quotient is not integer, and it shows that the problem, as it is worded, printed, posted and presented,\r\n" );
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document.write( "simply HAS NO SOLUTION.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    THEREFORE, it is no wonder that you spent your time unsuccessfully . . . \r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  As it is worded, printed, posted and presented, the problem HAS NO SOLUTION.\r\n" );
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