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Question 946828: Three good friends are in the same Algebra class. Their scores on a recent test are three consecutive integers whose sum is 231. Find each score.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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%28N-1%29%2BN%2B%28N%2B1%29=231
3N=231
N=77
The scores are 76,77,and 78.