SOLUTION: Find three consecutive positive even integers such that the product of the second and third integers is twenty more than ten times the first integer.

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Question 312968: Find three consecutive positive even integers such that the product of the second and third
integers is twenty more than ten times the first integer.
Answer by nyc_function(2741) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x = first integer
Let x + 2 = second integer
Let x + 4 = third integer
I will give you the equation and you can do the work.
(x + 2)(x + 4) = 10x + 20