Question

the sum of three consecutive even integers is -6. what are the integers

Answer 1

you know what "consecutive" means in this context?

Answer 2

Let x be the first integer,
now the next consecutive integer would be right after x, right?
so we have;
x+1
the third integer would be 2 away from x, right?
x+2
So our three consecutive integers would be;
x, x+1, x+2
so we have;
x+x+1+x+2=171
use this as an ecample

Answer 3

means one after the other
so we guess and check
\[-4+-3+-2=-9\] no that is wrong
try
\[-3+-2+-1\]

Answer 4

got it on the second try

Answer 5

the solution to this problem, I think, requires 0 to be considered an even number...