SOLUTION: The sum of three consecutive integers is 72. What are the integers.

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Question 575706: The sum of three consecutive integers is 72. What are the integers.
Found 2 solutions by JBarnum, Alan3354:
Answer by JBarnum(2044) About Me  (Show Source):
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cosecutive itegers are for example 1 2 3 4 5 6 7...
if i stat 1=x then in order for me to get to it would be x+1 then to get from 1 to 3 it would be x+2
so it would look like x, x+1, x+2 which for this example x=1 and it looks like this 1, 1+1, 1+2 which you can see is 1, 2, 3
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so for the problem 3 cosecutive itegers would be
x, x+1, x+2
%28x%29%2B%28x%2B1%29%2B%28x%2B2%29=72
3x%2B3=72
3x=69
x=23
so 23, 24, 25
check
23+24+25=72
72=72
correct

Answer by Alan3354(31518) About Me  (Show Source):
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The sum of three consecutive integers is 72. What are the integers.
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72/3 = 24, the middle number