SOLUTION: three consecutive integers whose sum is -39

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Question 1050132: three consecutive integers whose sum is -39
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(x-1) + x + (x+1) = -39,

3x = - 39,

x = -39%2F3 = -13.

The numbers are -14, -13, -12.


The middle of three consecutive integer numbers with the given sum is one third of the sum.

Always.