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Find three consecutive even integers such that the product of the two smaller integers is 16 more than the largest

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Step-by-step explanation: Let us call x the smallest integer. Because the next two numbers are consecutive even integers, we can call represent them as x + 2 and x + 4. We are told the sum of x, x+2, and x+4 is equal to 72.

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