The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 162. What is the smallest of the three numbers?

52 is the smallest number among that three even numbers.

Step-by-step explanation:

Keep in mind, that two consecutive even numbers have a difference of 2.

For example, is an even number. The even number right before

The sum of these three numbers would be:

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The question states that this sum shall be equal to . In other words,

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Subtract from both sides of the equation:

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Divide both sides by to obtain:

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hence, the smallest of the three even numbers is 52.

-8/2y-8=5/y+4-7y+8/y^2-16

we move all terms to the left:

-8/2y-8-(5/y+4-7y+8/y^2-16)=0

we can not solve this equation

step-by-step explanation: given equation a = h(b 1+b 2)

also we are given values of a, h and b 1 as :

a = 16, h = 4, and b 1 = 3.

in order to solve it for b 2, we need to plug the given values of   a, h and b 1 .

therefore, plugging values of   a, h and b 1   in given equation, we get

16 = 4( 3 + b 2)

first dividing both sides by 4, we get

4 = 3 + b 2

subtracting 3 from both sides, we get

4 -3 = 3 -3 + b 2

1 = b 2.