<PRE><B>Question 1180772</B>
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While it is often the case in problems with consecutive even integers that using x-2, x, and x+2 for the three integers makes the algebra needed to solve the problem easier, it does not look that way for this problem.&lt;br&gt;
A quick mental solution could go like this:&lt;br&gt;
The third integer is 4 more than the first; so if the sum of the third and twice the first is 268,246 then three times the first is 268,246-4=268,242.  So the smallest of the integers is 268,242/3 = 89414.&lt;br&gt;
ANSWERS: 89,414; 89,416; and 89,418&lt;br&gt;
The same solution using formal algebra would look like this:&lt;br&gt;
2(x)+(x+4) = 268246
3x+4 = 268246
3x=268242
x=268242/3 = 89414&lt;br&gt;
89414, 89416, and 89418&lt;br&gt;
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