document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=272663>Question 272663</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> three consecutive integers have a product of -120 and a sum of -27. What are the integers? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x, (x+1), (x+2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "have a product of -120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x * (x+1) * (x+2 = -120: <BR>\n" );
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document.write( " a sum of -27. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + (x+1) + (x+2) = -27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = -27 - 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = -30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What are the integers?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-10, -9, -8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check the product: -10 * -9 * -8 = -720, so this can't be right, can it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The product -6 * -5 * -4 =  -120 but their sum is -15<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Something wrong with this problem, unsolvable as it is </SPAN>\n" );
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