document.write( "Question 1040115: The product of 3 consecutive positive integers is equal to 56 more than the cube of the first integer. What is the largest of these integers.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #654918 by Fombitz(32388) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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$\"%28N-1%29N%28N%2B1%29=56%2B%28N-1%29%5E3\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"N%28N%5E2-1%29=56%2BN%5E3-3N%5E2%2B3N-1\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"N%5E3-N=N%5E3-3N%5E2%2B3N%2B55\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3N%5E2-5N-55=0\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28N-5%29%283N%2B11%29=0\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The positive solution is
\n" ); document.write( " $\"N=5\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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