SOLUTION: Find three consecutive even integers such that twice the sum of the first and third integers is thirty more than the second integer I know you have to use x, x+2, x+4 to start w

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Question 701958: Find three consecutive even integers such that twice the sum of the first and third integers is thirty more than the second integer
I know you have to use x, x+2, x+4 to start with but i dont get the wording? I have looked at other examples but stil dont understand

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The first is . The third is . The sum of the first and third is , that is . Then twice the sum of the first and third is , which is to say

The second is . Thirty more than the second is , or rather .

The word "is" in a word problem almost invariably means "equals":



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