SOLUTION: The sum of three integers is 52. The second integer is 3 more than the first. The third integer is 1 more than twice the first. What are the integers?

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Question 401199: The sum of three integers is 52. The second integer is 3 more than the first. The third integer is 1 more than twice the first. What are the integers?
Found 2 solutions by sofiyac, Tatiana_Stebko:
Answer by sofiyac(983)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the first integer be x
then the second will be x+3
then the third one will be 2x+1
Now you can add them up and make sum equal to 52
x+x+3+2x+1=52
4x+4=52
4x=48
x=12
so since we named the first one x, then the first one is 12
then the second one is 12+3=15
then the third one is 2*12+1=25
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Answer by Tatiana_Stebko(1539)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the first integer is
The second integer is 3 more than the first, then the second integer is
The third integer is 1 more than twice the first, twice the first is , then the thitd integer is
The sum of three integers is
From text the sum of three integers is 52
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the first integer
then the second is
the third integer is
Answer: 12; 15; 25

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