Let me show you how I like to do problems like this:
-- If I just needed three numbers that add up to 96, the easiest way to do it would be to find 1/3 of 96 . That's 32, so the three numbers could be 32, 32, and 32.
-- If you want three consecutive even numbers, just take 2 away from one of those numbers, and add it on to a different one.
Now you have 30, 32, and 34, and you haven't changed their sum.
we know that one even number plus 2= another even number so we want to find 3 consecutive even numbers that add up to 96 or x is the first number x+2 is the second number x+4 is the third number
x+x+2+x+4=96 3x+6=96 subtract 6 from both sides 3x=90 divide both sides by 3 x=30
the first number is 30 x+2=32=second number x+4=34=third number
