SOLUTION: please help me with solving the equation: Three times the greatest of three consecutive even integers exceeds twice the least by 38. what are the integers?

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Question 138223: please help me with solving the equation: Three times the greatest of three consecutive even integers exceeds twice the least by 38. what are the integers?
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First even integer: x
Second consecutive even integer: x + 2
Third consecutive even integer: x + 4

Three times the greatest [3(x + 4)] exceeds twice the least [2x] by 38, so:

3%28x%2B4%29=2x%2B38

Just solve for x to get the first integer, the second one is 2 more than that, and so on.