SOLUTION: Find four consecutive integers such that three times the sum of the last two exceeds twice the sum of the first two by 31?

Question 777865: Find four consecutive integers such that three times the sum of the last two exceeds twice the sum of the first two by 31?
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Find four consecutive integers such that three times the sum of the last two exceeds twice the sum of the first two by 31?
let the numbers be x,x+1,x+2,x+3
3(x+2+x+3)=2(x+x+1)+31
3(2x+5)=2(2x+1)+31
6x+15=4x+2+31
6x-4x=-15+2+31
2x=18
/2
x=9
9,10,11,12

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