Question

The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 78 , what is the first number

Answer 1

So,  here is how I do it.  I take the big number (78) and divide it by the amount of numbers (3).  78/3=26.  The answer you get from that is the middle number.  Then I take the number before it and the number after it (25 and 27).  These are your first and last numbers.  25 is the first number

Answer 2

Hi there, n+(n+2)+(n+4)=78, n+n+2+n+4=78, 3n+6=78, 3n=78-6, 78-6=72 so, 3n=72, divide both sides by 3 and we get n=72/3, 72 divided by 3 equals 24. So, the first number is 24.