SOLUTION: find four consecutive integers such that the sum of the second and the fourth is seventeen less than thrice the first.

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Question 920662: find four consecutive integers such that the sum of the second and the fourth is seventeen less than thrice the first.
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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consecutive integers: x, (x+1), (x+2), (x+3)

(x+1) + (x+3) = 3x - 17
2x + 4 = 3x - 17
21 = x

The integers are 21, 22, 23, and 24.