What are three consecutive integers whose sum is 96?
3 Answers
I got
Explanation:
Call your integers:
you get:
rearrange:
and so:
so our integers are:
You must symbolize the first integer with
Explanation:
Lets pretend the first number was
How would you get from
Now add them all up like this:
Combine like terms:
Subtract the 3 from both sides
Divide both sides by
Answer:
BTW, "consecutive" means to come right after. In my pretend answer,
31, 32, 33
Explanation:
If you represent the first integer with the letter
This simplifies to:
The first integer is 31. The next two consecutive integers are 32