If the sum of the first two consecutive even integers is equal to three times the third, what are the three integers?

Answer 1

Let the integers be:

x

x + 2

x + 4

x + x + 2 = 3(x + 4)

2x + 2 = 3x + 12

-x = 10

x = -10,

x + 2 = -8

x + 4 = -6