Problema Solution
Find three consecutive integers such that one-third the sum of the largest and the smaller is equal to the middle integer.
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the three consecutive integers can be written as:
x-1, x and x+1, where x is integer
one-third the sum of the largest and the smaller is equal to the middle integer:
(1/3)(x+1 + x-1) = x
by solving we find
x = 0
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the three consecutive integers are: -1, 0 and 1.