SOLUTION: The sum of three consecutive integers is -54. What are those numbers?

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Question 1171427: The sum of three consecutive integers is -54. What are those numbers?
Answer by ikleyn(52799) About Me  (Show Source):
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The long way is to write an equation

    n + (n+1) + (n+2) = -54 


and then to solve it.



The short way is to know that the middle number in this situation is   1%2F3  of -54, which is -18,

so the numbers are  -19, -18  and  - 17.    ANSWER

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