document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=854418>Question 854418</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find three consecutive integers such that the difference of the squares of the least and the greatest is 96 </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( "(x-1)^2-(x+1)^2 = 96<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 -2x + 1 - (x^2 +2x + 1) = 96<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4x = 96<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1st: -25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd: -24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3rd: -23<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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