Question 230222
The sum of three consecutive EVEN integers where the first integer is y.


Let y = first integer
y+2= second integer
y+4=third integer


Add them up and you get y+y+2+y=4
Combine like terms, and you get 3y+6 for the sum of the integers.  You still can't find the sum unless you know what y is, and you can't find y is you don't know the sum.


Dr. Robert J. Rapalje