Question 17805: im having trouble with this problem could u please help me the question is FIND THREE CONSECUTIVE EVEN INTEGERS SUCH THAT THE SUM OF THE SMALLEST AND THE LARGEST IS 36 if you can help me that would be great thanks!!.
Answer by venugopalramana(3286)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! FIND THREE CONSECUTIVE EVEN INTEGERS SUCH THAT THE SUM OF THE SMALLEST AND THE LARGEST IS 36 if you can help me that would be great thanks!!.
any number can be taken as x.if we multiply it with 2 it will be always an even number
so let the 3 consecutive even umbers be 2x,2x+2,2x+4 (consecutive even numbers differ by 2 as you can see from 2,4,6,8 etc....)
smallest=2x
largest=2x+4
their sum =2x+2x+4=36
4x=36-4=32
x=32/4=8
so the numbers are 2*8,2*8+2,2*8+4
that is 16,18,20
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