The sum of three consecutive numbers is 42. What is the smallest of these numbers?
1 Answer
Dec 16, 2016
The smallest of the three consecutive integers summing to 42 is 13.
Explanation:
Let's call the smallest of the three consecutive numbers
The next two consecutive integers, by definition of consecutive and the fact they are integers as:
We know there sum is 42 so we can add our three numbers and solve for
Checking the solution:
The three consecutive integers would be:
Adding the three integers gives: