document.write( "Question 1142962: Five less than six times the largest of three consecutive positive integers is equal to the square of the smallest integer minus two times the middle integer. Find the largest integer. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let represent the largest of the three integers, then the next smaller one would be , and the next smaller would be .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Six times the largest: . Five less than six times the largest: . The square of the smallest: . Two times the middle one: .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solve for . Discard the smaller of the two roots (1) because if one is the largest of three integers they can't all be positive.
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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