document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=421602>Question 421602</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find three consecutive integers whose sum of the first and the third is -88 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "n + (n+1) + (n+2) = -88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3n + 3 = -88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3n = -91<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n <> integer<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "No such numbers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sum of 3 consecutive numbers is always a multiple of 3.  Also 3 odd or even, or any consistently spaced, integers add to a multiple of 3.<BR>\n" );
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