What four consecutive integers have a sum of 86?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-06T17:46:33

#20, 21, 22, 23#

Consecutive numbers follow right after one another (ex. #1, 2, 3, 4# or #81, 82, 83, 84#).

Let's use #x# to represent the smallest integer. In that case, the consecutive integers would be #x+1#, #x+2#, and #x+3#.

#x+x+1+x+2+x+3=86#

#4x+6=86#

#4x=80#

#x=20 rarr# The smallest integer is #20#

The next three consecutive integers are #21, 22, 23#