document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=502981>Question 502981</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find three consecutive integers whose sum is 87 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the first integer. So x+1 is the next consecutive integer and x+2 is the next consecutive integer after that.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now add them up and set this sum equal to 87 and solve for x:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x=87-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x=87-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x=84 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x=84\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=28 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=28\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B1=28%2B1=29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B1=28%2B1=29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B2=28%2B2=30 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B2=28%2B2=30\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This means that the three consecutive integers are 28, 29, and 30<BR>\n" );
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