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(COMBINING LIKE TERMS)

If x is the first, or smallest, of three consecutive integers, express the sum of the first integer and the second integer as an algebraic expression containing the variable x.

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Answer:
2x+1

Explanation:


x+(x+1)=x+x+1=2x+1

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