SOLUTION: Find three consecutive integers whose sum of the first and the third is -88

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Question 421602: Find three consecutive integers whose sum of the first and the third is -88
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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n = 1st
n + (n+1) + (n+2) = -88
3n + 3 = -88
3n = -91
n <> integer
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No such numbers.
The sum of 3 consecutive numbers is always a multiple of 3. Also 3 odd or even, or any consistently spaced, integers add to a multiple of 3.