document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1048015>Question 1048015</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Five time the sum of three consecutive integers is 1 less than 14  times the largest integer. Find the integers </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x-1,x and x+1 be the 3 consecutive integers,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From the given condition,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Five time the sum of three consecutive integers is 1 less than 14  times the largest integer\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5(x-1 + x + x+1)= 14(x+1)-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=>5 * 3x=14x +14 -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=>15x=14x+13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Grouping the like terms,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15x-14x=13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=13\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence the consecutive integers are 12, 13 and 14 { x-1, x, x+1} </SPAN>\n" );
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