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

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Question 267013: find three consecutive integers such that the sum of the second and the third is eighty-eight more than one-third the smallest
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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n+1+n+2=88+n/3
2n+3=88+n/3
2n-n/3=85
6n/3-1n/3=85
5n/3=85
n=51
51,52,53