document.write( "Question 99792: Find four consecutive integers such that the sum of the second and the fourth is 17 less than thrice the first. \n" ); document.write( "
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Find four consecutive integers:
\n" ); document.write( "x, (x+1), (x+2), (x+3)
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\n" ); document.write( "Just write what is says:
\n" ); document.write( "the sum of the second and the fourth is 17 less than thrice the first.
\n" ); document.write( "(x+1) + (x+3) = 3x - 17
\n" ); document.write( "x + x + 1 + 3 = 3x - 17
\n" ); document.write( "2x + 4 = 3x - 17
\n" ); document.write( "2x - 3x = -17 - 4
\n" ); document.write( "-x = -21
\n" ); document.write( "x = 21: 22, 23, 24 are the numbers
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\n" ); document.write( "Check solution using the statement:
\n" ); document.write( "\"the sum of the second and the fourth is 17 less than thrice the first.\"
\n" ); document.write( " 22 + 24 = 3(21) - 17
\n" ); document.write( " 46 = 63 - 17\r
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