SOLUTION: Five times the first of three consecutive even integers is four less than three times the third integer. Find the smallest even integer

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Question 188894: Five times the first of three consecutive even integers is four less than three times the third integer. Find the smallest even integer
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Five times the first of three consecutive even integers is four less than three times the third integer. Find the smallest even integer
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lets call our integers a, a+2, and a+4
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5a=3(a+4)-4
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5a=3a+12-4
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2a=8
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a=4....smallest even integer