SOLUTION: Find 3 consecutive integers whose sum is -63.

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Question 345563: Find 3 consecutive integers whose sum is -63.
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Let represent the first of three consecutive integers. Then represents the next one, and represents the one after that. So:



Solve for to determine the first of the three integers. Add 1 to get the next one. Add one more to get the last one.

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