SOLUTION: The sum of four consecutive integers is 14 less than 5 times the smallest integer. Find the four integers.

SOLUTION: The sum of four consecutive integers is 14 less than 5 times the smallest integer. Find the four integers.

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Question 1000696: The sum of four consecutive integers is 14 less than 5 times the smallest integer. Find the four integers.
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the four consecutive integers, x, x+1, x+2, and x+3. Then we write
x+(x+1)+(x+2)+(x+3) = 5x-14
4x+6 = 5x -14
Collect like terms and get
x = 20
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