SOLUTION: how do you find three consecutive integers whose sum is 171

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Question 21426: how do you find three consecutive integers whose sum is 171
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three consecutive integers whose sum is 171
Let x be the first integer,
now the next consecutive integer would be right after x, right?
so we have;
x+1
the third integer would be 2 away from x, right?
x+2
So our three consecutive integers would be;
x, x+1, x+2
so we have;
x+x+1+x+2=171
Add like terms;
3x+3=171
subtract 3 from both sides;
3x+3-3=171-3
3x=168
divide each side by 3;
3x%2F3=168%2F3
x=56
So our first integer would be 56,
so then our next two would be;
57,58
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