Question 796517: Please help me solve this word question i just can't figure it out.
three consecutive even integers are such that the sum of the smaller two is equal to six more then the largest one. find the integers
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Not hard! Just write an equation for what it says.
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"three consecutive even integers "
n, (n+2), (n+4)
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"the sum of the smaller two is equal to six more then the largest one."
n + (n+2) = (n+4) + 6
combine like terms
2n + 2 = n + 10
2n - n = 10 -2
n = 8, 10, 12 are the integers.
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You can confirm this in the statement:
" the sum of the smaller two is equal to six more then the largest one. "
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