Question 525298: What are four consecutive even integers such that the sum of the first and the third is six less than the largest?
Found 2 solutions by oberobic, MathTherapy:
Answer by oberobic(2304)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Four consecutive even integers could be defined as w, x, y, and z.
But then you would have 4 unknowns, so you would need 4 equations to solve the problem.
However, we're told they're consecutive even integers, so you can define them as
x, x+2, x+4, and x+6. Now you have only one unknown.
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x + x+4 + 6 = x+6
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2x = -4
x = -2
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So the numbers are -2, 0, 2, and 4
Answer by MathTherapy(10858)  (Show Source):
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