SOLUTION: Five consecutive integers sum up to 0. What is the middle term?

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Question 1192884: Five consecutive integers sum up to 0. What is the middle term?
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ANSWER.   0  (zero).



Explanation


(n-2) + (n-1) + n + (n+1) + (n+2) = 0    implies    n = 0.


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