SOLUTION: What are three consecutive integers if the three times the second increased by 10 is equal to the sum of the first and third?

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Question 1067335: What are three consecutive integers if the three times the second increased by 10 is equal to the sum of the first and third?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let these THREE CONSECUTIVE integers be system%28n-1%2Cn%2Cn%2B1%29.

"...three times the second increased by 10 is..."
3n%2B10=%28n-1%29%2B%28n%2B1%29
3n%2B10=2n
highlight%28n=-10%29, the middle interger