Problema Solution

four times the sum of the first and third of three consecutive integers is 140 more than the second integer. find the integers

Answer provided by our tutors

Acc to the given equation

 

let the three consecutive integers be  ( x , x+1, x+2)

 

4 ( x+x+2) = 140+x+1 

hence

4(2x+2) = 141+x   

8x+8 -x =141 

7x = 133    x =  19

Hence the integers are 19,20,21