document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=660417>Question 660417</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find three consecutive integers whose sum is 11 more than twice the greatest of the three integers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x + x+1 x+2 = 11 + 2(x+2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine like terms and distribute the 2 on the right<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 3 = 11 + 2x + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x - 2x + 3 - 3 = 11 + 2x - 2x + 4 - 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 11 + 4 - 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Integers are 12, 13 and 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Proof<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 + 13 + 14 = 39<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11 + 2(12+2) = 11 + 2(14) = 11 + 28 = 39<BR>\n" );
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