SOLUTION: Three times the sum os three consecutive integers is 72. What are the integers?

SOLUTION: Three times the sum os three consecutive integers is 72. What are the integers?

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Question 258562: Three times the sum os three consecutive integers is 72. What are the integers?
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let X, X+1, and X+2 be the three consecutive integers
From above we get

dividing by 3, we get

subtracting 3, we get

so,

and the three integers are
(7, 8, 9)
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