What three consecutive integers sum to 42?
2 Answers
Explanation:
Let:
Simplifying further,
See a solution process below:
Explanation:
Let's call the first integer:
Then the next two consecutive integers are:
From the problem we know:
We can now solve for
The first integer is:
The next two integers are:
Another process for solving the Three Consecutive Interger Problem is to divide the number the e integers sum up to and add 1 and subtract 1 to get the three integers:
The three integers are the same as above: 13, 14, 15