SOLUTION: The sum of the first two of three consecutive intergers is ten more than the third interger what are the intergers?

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Question 797223: The sum of the first two of three consecutive intergers is ten more than the third interger what are the intergers?
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There is no such thing as "intergers", at least not in the domain of Number Theory. However, if you really meant "integers", see below:

Let represent the first (smallest) of three integers. Then the next consecutive integer must be and the one after that is .

The problem says:



Solve for , then calculate and

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