SOLUTION: Find. Three consecutive positive even integers such that the sum of the second and third integers is twenty six less than ten times the first integer

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Question 889210: Find. Three consecutive positive even integers such that the sum of the second and third integers is twenty six less than ten times the first integer
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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x+2+x+4=10*x-26
x=4
x+2=6
x+4=8
check
6+8=10*4-26
14=40-26
ok