SOLUTION: find four consecutive even interges such that the sum of the first three is two more than twice the fourth

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Question 359906: find four consecutive even interges such that the sum of the first three is two more than twice the fourth
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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find four consecutive even interges such that the sum of the first three is two more than twice the fourth
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let the four consequtive numbers be
x,x+2,x+4,x+6
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x+x+2+x+4=2(x+6)+2
3x+6=2x+12+2
3x+6=2x+14
3x-2x=14-6
x=8
8,10,12,14
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