SOLUTION: find 3 consecutive even integers such that four times the second is eight less than the third

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Question 158799: find 3 consecutive even integers such that four times the second is eight less than the third
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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find 3 consecutive even integers such that four times the second is eight less than the third.
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3 consecutive even integers: x, (x+2), (x+4)
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four times the second is eight less than the third
4(x+2) - 8 = (x+4)
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4x + 8 - 8 = x + 4
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4x - x = 4
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3x = 4
Obviously. not an integer so there is no solution