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    Three Consecutive Even Numbers with a Given Sum

    Três Números Pares Consecutivos com Soma Dada

    The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 234. Form an equation and find the three numbers.

    Name the smallest number and write the other two in terms of it. Consecutive even numbers are not one apart — the gap you choose is the whole of the modelling here.

    Solution

    Step 1 of 7

    1. 1.Let the smallest be n. The next two even numbers are n + 2 and n + 4: