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jmc

prealgebra junior

Problem

The sum of consecutive even integers is . What is the largest of these consecutive integers?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution
Let be the 13th consecutive even integer that's being added up. By doing this, we can see that the sum of all 25 even numbers will simplify to since . Now, . Remembering that this is the 13th integer, we wish to find the 25th, which is .
Final answer
E