Question

a) Set up the variables: Let ______represent the first number, Then ______will represent the second, Then ______will represent the third. * b) What is the equation that represents the above situation* c)solve the equation d) three integers are?

Answer 1

• 33, 34 and 35

Explanation:

• Three consecutive numbers have a sum of 102. What are the three integers?

Let x be the first number, then x + 1 is the second, then x + 2 is the third number.

The required equation to show the sum is:

• x + x + 1 + x + 2 = 102

Solve for x:

• 3x + 3 = 102
• 3x = 99
• x = 33

The numbers are 33, 34 and 35