SOLUTION: Find three consecutive integers such that the sum of the smallest integer and the largest integer is equal to twice the middle integer

SOLUTION: Find three consecutive integers such that the sum of the smallest integer and the largest integer is equal to twice the middle integer

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Question 782328: Find three consecutive integers such that the sum of the smallest integer and the largest integer is equal to twice the middle integer

Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
consecutive integers: (x-1), x, (x+1)

(x-1) + (x+1) = 2x
2x = 2x
2 = 2

This equation is always true regardless of x.
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