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Which equation would be used to find three consecutive even integers whose sum is 78

Which equation would be used to find three consecutive even integers whose sum is-example-1
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Let n be the smallest integer of the 3, then since all the numbers have to be even numbers, the other two numbers are of the form:


\begin{gathered} n+2, \\ n+4. \end{gathered}

Since the sum of the numbers has to be 78, we can set the following equation:


n+n+2+n+4=78.

Simplifying the above equation we get:


3n+6=78.

Answer:


3n+6=78.

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