document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=257577>Question 257577</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need to write an algebraic expression for this word problem...The sum of three consecutive integers is 423.  Find the integers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the smallest of the three integers:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then the next two consecutive integers are x+1 and x+2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + (x+1) + (x+2) = 423\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x. Then the other two integers are x+1 and x+2. </SPAN>\n" );
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