document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=537262>Question 537262</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find three consecutive whole numbers such that twice the sum of the two smallest numbers is 10 more than three times the largest number. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1st: x-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd: x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3rd: x+1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x-1+x)= 3(x+1)+10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-2 = 3x+13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 15<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1st: x-1 = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd: 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3rd 16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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