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The sum of 4 consecutive integers is -54. What is the greatest integer?

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Answer:

-12

Explanation:

The number halfway between the middle two is the average of the four numbers: -54/4 = -13.5. Then the middle two numbers are -14 and -13. The greatest of the four consecutive integers is -12.

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Those integers are -15, -14, -13, -12.

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