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I have a word problem And it states, let n be the middle number of three consecutive integers. Write and expression for the Sum of these integers I’m confused

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n is the middle number, therefore the previous consecutive number will be n-1 and the next consecutive number to n is n+1

Then the expression of the sum will be

(n-1)+n+(n+1)

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