document.write( "Question 365037: 16. Find three consecutive numbers such that the sum of the first two is the same as sixteen more than the third. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x represent smallest of the consecutive integers, (x+1) and (x+2) the other two
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document.write( "x + (x+1) = (x+2) + 16 
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document.write( "solving for x
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document.write( "x = 17
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document.write( "17, 18, 19  are the three consecutive integers
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document.write( "checking our answer
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document.write( "35 = 19 + 16 \n" );
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