SOLUTION: If you double the first of 3 consecutive integers and add to twice the 2nd, you get the same result as you get when you triple the third and subtract 5. What are the integers?

Question 1124846: If you double the first of 3 consecutive integers and add to twice the 2nd, you get the same result as you get when you triple the third and subtract 5. What are the integers?
Answer by ikleyn(52855) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let the integers be


    n, (n+1),  and  (n+2).


Then your equation is


    2n + 2*(n+1) = 3*(n+2) - 5.


Now simplify and solve for n.

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