SOLUTION: Can you help me? how many sets of three consecutive positive even integers are there such that three times the sum of the first two integers is less than five times the third inte

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Question 871474: Can you help me?
how many sets of three consecutive positive even integers are there such that three times the sum of the first two integers is less than five times the third integer

Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
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let x, x+2, x+4 be our three consecutive positive even integers, then
3(x + x+2) < 5(x+4)
6x+2 < 5x +20
x < 18
therefore
2 4 6
4 6 8
6 8 10
8 10 12
10 12 14
12 14 16