SOLUTION: Find 3 consecutive positive integers such that the product of the first and the third is 29 more than the second. Please respond!!! Thank you!:)

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Question 813188: Find 3 consecutive positive integers such that the product of the first and the third is 29 more than the second. Please respond!!! Thank you!:)
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let consecutive positive integers be:
-first,
-second,and
-third
if the product of the first and the third is more than the second, then we have
.....solve for



.........write as
.....group



solutions:
if =>
=>.....since we need consecutive positive integers, disregard this solution
so, your consecutive positive integers are:




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