SOLUTION: - Find three consecutive numbers such that the sum of the first and three times the second is forty-four less than five times the third.

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Question 623883: - Find three consecutive numbers such that the sum of the first and three times the second is forty-four less than five times the third.
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Hi,  

- Find three consecutive numbers: highlight%28x%29 , highlight%28x%2B1%29 , highlight%28x%2B2%29  

such that the sum of the first and three times the second is forty-four less than five times the third

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 x + 3(x+1) = 5(x+2) - 44   | Solve for x and list all 3 numbers