Jared wanted to find three consecutive even integers whose sum was 4 times the first of those integers. He let k represent the

Question

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? Complete
the explanation.
Jared did not get the correct answer. The solution to his equation is
k=
giving
and
3 and 5 are not even integers. He should have used the equation
k+ (k+
) + (k+
)=4k, which gives k =
answer
as the three integers. However,
and the correct

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