SOLUTION: there are four consecutive integers. if the smallest one is x, find the sum of the four integers

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Question 989746: there are four consecutive integers. if the smallest one is x, find the sum of the four integers
Answer by ikleyn(52810) About Me  (Show Source):
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If the smallest of four consecutive integers ix  x,
then the integers are  x,  x+1,  x+2  and  x+3.

Their sum is

x + (x+1) + (x+2) + (x+3) = 4x + 1 + 2 + 3 = 4x + 6.