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Jared wanted to find three consecutive even integers whose sum was 4 times thefirst of those integers. He let k represent the first integer, then wrote and solvedthis equation: k + (k+ 1) + (k + 2) = 4k. Did he get the correct answer? Completethe explanation.Jared did not get the correct answer. The solution to his equation isk=givingand3 and 5 are not even integers. He should have used the equationk+ (k+) + (k+)=4k, which gives k =answeras the three integers. However,and the correct

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