The sum of 3 consecutive even numbers is 78 what is the second number in the sequence

none of the above.

for one of the equations to be used in the process, there has to be a term in the equation since squared is .

since there is only a term in the first equation, we cannot derive a from completing the square.

solving with completing the square

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