SOLUTION: Find three consecutive even integers such that the sum of the greater integers is equal to three times the least integer

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Question 781183: Find three consecutive even integers such that the sum of the greater integers is equal to three times the least integer
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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consecutive even integers: (x-2), x, (x+2)

x + (x+2) = 3(x-2)
2x + 2 = 3x - 6
8 = x

The integers are 6, 8, and 10.