SOLUTION: Find three consecutive even integers such that five times the second equals twice the sum of the first and the third.

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Question 151586: Find three consecutive even integers such that five times the second equals twice the sum of the first and the third.
Answer by oscargut(2103) About Me  (Show Source):
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let n, n+2 and n+4 the numbers
then
5(n+2)=2(n+n+4)
5n+10=4n+8
then n=-2
so numbers are -2,0 and 2