SOLUTION: Three consecutive integers have the sum of 153. What is the second integer?

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Question 312794: Three consecutive integers have the sum of 153. What is the second integer?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
Let x be the first integer and (x+1) and (x+2) be the next two integers. Here's the equation we can set up.
x+x+1+x+2=153 Rewritten as:
3x+3=153 Subtract and divide 3 from both sides to get:
x=50
Therefore the second integer is 51.
Make sense?
RJ
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