Question

The sum of the three consecutive integers is 71 less than the least of the integers how do you find the integers?

Answer 1

Let the least of the three consecutive integers be `x`

The sum of the three consecutive integers will be:
`(x) + (x+1) + (x+2) = 3x+3`

We are told that
`3x+3 = x-71`

`rarr 2x= -74`

`rarr x=-37`

and the three consecutive integers are
`-37, -36, and -35`