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Question 272663: three consecutive integers have a product of -120 and a sum of -27. What are the integers?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! three consecutive integers
x, (x+1), (x+2)
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have a product of -120
x * (x+1) * (x+2 = -120:
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a sum of -27.
x + (x+1) + (x+2) = -27
3x = -27 - 3
3x = -30
x = -10
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What are the integers?
-10, -9, -8
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Check the product: -10 * -9 * -8 = -720, so this can't be right, can it.
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The product -6 * -5 * -4 = -120 but their sum is -15
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Something wrong with this problem, unsolvable as it is
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