Three consecutive even integers, p, q, and r, fall between 18 and 28. What could be the average (arithmetic mean) of p, q, and r?

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Thanks for posting! Just posted another explanation

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Wait, don't even need to add them up lol. Consecutive even integers are symmetric around the middle one, so the average is just q. q has to be even and between 18 and 28, only 22 fits. Took me 5 seconds.

thanks, this one was pretty chill. Just listed 20 22 24 and averaged.

does the set have to be 20,22,24 though? like could it be 18,20,22 or 24,26,28?

for anyone overthinking, remember consecutive evens are evenly spaced so the mean = median = middle term. that kills choices like 19 and 25 right away since the middle term must be even.