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Find 3 consecutive integers if the sum of the 2nd and 3d integers is -17.

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we can write three consecutive integers like this:


n,n+1,n+2

we have that the sum of the 2nd and the 3rd integers is -17, then:


(n+1)+(n+2)=-17

solving for n, we get the following:


\begin{gathered} (n+1)+(n+2)=-17 \\ \Rightarrow n+n+1+2=-17 \\ \Rightarrow2n+3=-17 \\ \Rightarrow2n=-17-3=-20 \\ \Rightarrow n=(-20)/(2)=-10 \\ n=-10 \end{gathered}

therefore, the three consecutive integers are -10, -9 and -8

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