SOLUTION: find three consecutive integers whose sum is -147

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Question 375720: find three consecutive integers whose sum is -147
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let the inetegers be x, x+1,x+2
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x+x+1+x+2=-147
3x+3=-147
-3 -3
3x=-147-3
3x=-150
/3
x= -150/3
x= -50
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-50,-49,-48
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