document.write( "Question 1114754: Find three consecutive integers such that the first increased by twice the second exceeds the third by 24. Find the smallest integer. \n" ); document.write( "
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Find three consecutive integers such that the first increased by twice the second exceeds the third by 24. Find the smallest integer.
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Let the smallest be S
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document.write( "Then other 2 are: S + 1, and S + 2
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document.write( "We then get: S + 2(S + 1) = S + 2 + 24 
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document.write( "S + 2S + 2 = S + 26
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document.write( "3S - S = 26 - 2
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document.write( "2S = 24
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document.write( "S, or smallest number = \"highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C3%2C+24%2F2%2C+%22=%22%2C+12%29%29\"
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document.write( "ALWAYS, ALWAYS name the variable you're seeking in the \"Let statement.\" 
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document.write( "NEVER do what the other person suggests. He's TOTALLY LOST!!\r
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document.write( "PAY NO attention to this old white person on a hill. She's LOST too. She still thinks that we're in the 1930s or 1940s, when she learned math.
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document.write( "She's on here telling students to think logically as if she doesn't know that calculators exist in the 21st century, and that teaching is different from 60, 70 years ago.
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document.write( "She's trying to change the method by which many other students have learned to solve math problems. You need to IGNORE her just like some others on here who claim to be tutors! 
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document.write( "By the way, she DETESTS equations. \n" );
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