document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=281696>Question 281696</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find three consecutive positive integers such that the product of the second and third integers is twenty more than ten times the first integer </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #204670 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Greenfinch><B>Greenfinch(383)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Greenfinch><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Greenfinch><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=204670\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the numbers are X, X+1 and X+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10X = (X+1)(X+2) - 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10X = X^2 + 7X -18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X^2 -7X -18 =0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(X+2)(X-9) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X = -2 or 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "since 2 is negative, the numbers are 9,10,11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "CHECK 90 is 20 less than 110 </SPAN>\n" );
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