SOLUTION: What is the smallest of three consecutive integers if the sum of the smaller two integers is equal to 177 less than four times the largest?

SOLUTION: What is the smallest of three consecutive integers if the sum of the smaller two integers is equal to 177 less than four times the largest?

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Question 904008: What is the smallest of three consecutive integers if the sum of the smaller two integers is equal to 177 less than four times the largest?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
consecutive integers: (x-1), x, (x+1)

(x-1) + x = 4(x+1) - 177
2x - 1 = 4x - 173
172 = 2x
x = 86

smallest integer = x = 86
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