The sum of three consecutive even integers is -78, what are the integers ?

1 answer:

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First, you need to analize and understand the problem, then you must choose and strategy. There is a wide variety of strategies to solve a mathematical problem, in this case, you can use the following, which is based on the information given above:
1. You have that the sum of three consecutive even integers is $-78$ , therefore, you can given the variable $x
$ to the first integer, the second even integer is $x+2$ and the third one is $x+4
$ .
2. Calculate x:
 $x+(x+2)+(x+4)=-78$ 
 $3x+6=-78$
 $x=-28
$ 
 $x+2=-28+2=-26
$ 
 $x+4=-28+4=-24
$ 
Therefore, the answer is: $-28,-26,-24
$

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