SOLUTION: Find three consecutive even integers such that twice the sum of the first and third is four more than three times the second.

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Question 423753: Find three consecutive even integers such that twice the sum of the first and third is four more than three times the second.
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let the numbers be x, x+2,x+4
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2(x+x+4)=4+3(x+2)
2(2x+4)=4+3x+6
4x+8=3x+10
4x-3x=10-8
x=2
2, 4, 6 are the numbers