document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1204742>Question 1204742</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the equation for the following word problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of 3 consecutive even integers is no more that 39. What are the two integers? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #841204 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52786)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><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=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=841204\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are at least TWO fatal errors in your post.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One error is when you are asking about \"the two integers\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Article \"the\" is used when an item after \"the\" is just defined previously as a subject of discussion.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But in your post, the two numbers are not defined as a subject of discussion - only THREE numbers are defined, but not two of them.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Second error is that you ask about an equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Where is NO such equation, at all.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is only an <U>inequality</U> relevant to this context.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, it is not surprising that tutors can not answer your question as it is posed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is because everything is incorrect there.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The inequality you are asking about is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(n-2) + n + (n+2) <= 39,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3n <= 39,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where n is the middle of the three consecutive even integers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After reading your post, it becomes clear, that this \"problem\" is created/composed/worded/printed \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "by a person, who does not know neither English nor Math.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is third fatal error, too.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The number of solutions of this inequality is infinite.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In other words, the number of such triples of integer numbers is infinite.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, when you ask \"what are <U>the</U> two numbers\", the question becomes totally undefined.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do not even try to create your own Math problems.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To do it properly, 15 year of intensive studying Math is required,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in the school and in the University, PLUS 5-10 years practicing after that.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Tens of textbooks on the subject should be read and thousands problems should be <BR>\n" );
document.write( "solved before you become a Math problems composer and writer (if you are lucky).\r<BR>\n" );
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