SOLUTION: If x is the first of three consecutive integers, find the number if their sum is 144?

SOLUTION: If x is the first of three consecutive integers, find the number if their sum is 144?

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Question 376128: If x is the first of three consecutive integers, find the number if their sum is 144?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x,x+1,x+2 be the consequtive integers
x+x+1+x+2=144
3x+3=144
-3
3x=144-3
3x=141
/3
x=141/3
x=47
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47, 48,, 49
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