document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=989423>Question 989423</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is the equation for this problem?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find three consecutive integers such that the sum of the first and twice the third is equal to four times the second decreased by five? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The phrasing is ambiguous<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "F=first integer; S=second integer=F+1; T=third integer=F+2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "F+2T=4(S-5) or F+2T=4S-5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "F+2(F+2)=4(F+1-5) or F+2(F+2)=4(F+1)-5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "F+2F+4=4F-16 or F+2F+4=4F+4-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3F+4=4F-16 or 3F+4=4F-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20=F or 5=F<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S=21 or 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T=22 or 7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER: The numbers are 5,6, and 7 or 20,21, and 22.<BR>\n" );
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