Question 14700
When you first read this, you probably thought that you needed three variables correct? Well, in fact, you only need 1!
They should be:
N, N+1, and N+2
Then you can just translate the word problem into a math equation
{{{3(N)=8+((N+1)+(N+2))}}}
Then you can just simplify and solve.
{{{3N=8+2N+3}}}
{{{N=-5}}}
That means the three numbers are:
-5,-4,-3
Hope this helps!