SOLUTION: find three consecutive integers such that the sum of the second and the third is twenty-four more than one-half the smallest

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Question 1119214: find three consecutive integers such that the sum of the second and the third is twenty-four more than one-half the smallest
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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%28n%2B1%29%2B%28n%2B2%29=24%2Bn%2F2
2n%2B3=n%2F2%2B24
2n=n%2F2%2B21
4n=n%2B42
3n=42
n=14
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