document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=785494>Question 785494</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You want to find three consecutive integers whose sum is 84.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A.  Why does the equation n+(n+1)+(n+2)=84 model the situation ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B.  solve the equation in part (a) then find the three consecutive integers </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A. Why does the equation n+(n+1)+(n+2)=84 model the situation ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1st integer: n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd integer: n+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3rd integer: n+1+1 = n+2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B. solve the equation in part (a) then find the three consecutive integers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3n+3 = 84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3n = 81<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n+1 = 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n+2 = 29<BR>\n" );
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