SOLUTION: find three consecutive integers whose sum is 87

SOLUTION: find three consecutive integers whose sum is 87

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Question 502981: find three consecutive integers whose sum is 87
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let x be the first integer. So x+1 is the next consecutive integer and x+2 is the next consecutive integer after that.

Now add them up and set this sum equal to 87 and solve for x:

So and

This means that the three consecutive integers are 28, 29, and 30

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