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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> five times the first of three consecutive integers is fourteen more than three times the second. what is the third consecutive integer? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1st: x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd: x+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3rd: x+2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 3(x+1) + 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 17/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Comment: The conditions do not lead to an integer solution.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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