What is the smallest of the three numbers?

The sum of three consecutive even numbers  is seventy-two.What is the smallest of the three numbers?
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The sum of three consecutive even numbers is seventy-two.What is the smallest of the three numbers?

an even number is 2x, the next one is 2(x + 1) and the final one is 2(x + 2).

2x + 2(x + 1) + 2(x+2) = 72

2x + 2x + 2 + 2x + 4 = 72

6x + 6 = 72

6x = 66

x = 11

first number is 22 (smallest)

22 + 24 + 26 = 72 check that is correct

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