SOLUTION: find three consecutive even integers such that three times the greatest is 34 more than the sum of the remaining integers

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Question 914006: find three consecutive even integers such that three times the greatest is 34 more than the sum of the remaining integers
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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consecutive even integers: (x-2), x, (x+2)

3(x+2) = 34 + (x-2) + x
3x + 6 = 2x + 32
x = 26

The integers are 24, 26, and 28.