Problema Solution
Find three consecutive even integers whose sum is -243.
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let the 3 consecutive integers be 2x-2, 2x, 2x+2 where x is integer
the sum of the three consecutive even integers is -243
2x - 2 + 2x + 2x + 2 = -243
6x = -243
x = -243/6
x = 40.5 is not integer thus there are no such consecutive even integers.
Second way of solving this problem: the sum of even integers (in our case 3 even integers) is even integer and -243 is not even thus there are no such even integers.