Question

Three consecutive multiples of 4 whose sum is 52

Answer 1

I know that 4x13=52 but I don’t know 3 more

Answer 2

Let the three consecutive multiples of 4 be 4x, 4(x+1) and 4(x+2)

Then we can write

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As 10/3 is not a multiple of 4. Hence no consecutive multiples are possible.