Question 1032086: the product of the first and third of three positive consecutive integers is four more than 4 times the second integer. find the integers.
I do not understand how to solve this at all? Can someone explain it to me?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, are the first eight consecutive whole numbers.
Integers can include negative numbers and positive numbers and zero.
Let p be any integer ------ANY integer.
p, p+1, p+2, p+3 are the first four consecutive integers starting with p as the first integer of this sequence or list.
The first integer is p;
the third integer is p+2;
Follow the description as literally given to setup and solve the problem exercise.
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