Question

The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 44 more than the average of these numbers. The product of the smallest and the largest numbers is equal to

Answer 1

let that numbers are x, x+2, x+4
according information above, we have an equation :
x+x+2+x+4 = (x+x+2+x+4)/3 + 44
3x + 6 = (3x+6)/3 + 44
3x + 6 = x + 2 + 44
3x + 6 = x + 46

solve for x, first