Jared wanted to find three consecutive even integers whose sum was 4 times the first of those integers. He let k represent the first integer, then wrote and solved this equation: k + (k+1) + (k+2) = 4k. Did he get the correct answer? Explain

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Houston Stark

4 December, 06:34

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Journey Mcfarland · Answer 1

No, since the question is asking for even integers

It should look like this, k + (k+2) + (k+4) = 4k