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document.write( "x = first integer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 1 = second integer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 2 = third integer\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5(x + x + 1 + x + 2) = 150 {five times sum is 150}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(3x + 3) = 150 {combined like terms in parentheses}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15x + 15 = 150 {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15x = 135 {subtracted 15 from both sides}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 9 {divided both sides by 15}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 1 = 10 {substituted 9, in for x, into x + 1}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 2 = 11 {substituted 9, in for x, into x + 2}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9, 10, and 11 are the three consecutive integers<BR>\n" );
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