SOLUTION: Solve using the 5 step method. In a kennel, a cocker spaniel, a bulldog, and a greyhound all give birth to litters. The number of pups in the litters are consecutive integers(i

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Question 627054: Solve using the 5 step method.
In a kennel, a cocker spaniel, a bulldog, and a greyhound all give birth to litters. The number of pups in the litters are consecutive integers(in the order:cocker spaniel, bulldog, greyhound.) The first integer increased by twice the second exceeds the third by 10. How many puppies does each dog have?
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These problems are hard for me anyway and then they throw in the part about consecutive integers.Please help.
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Let represent the first of three consecutive integers. Then is the next consecutive integer and is the one after that.

The first integer:

The first integer increased by twice the second:

Exceeds the third by 10:



Solve for , then calculate and

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