Question

find three consecutive positive integers such that the product of the second and third integers is twenty more than ten times the first integer

Answer 1

let n the first integer so (n+1)*(n+2)=20+10*n and solve the equation

Answer 2

good explanation @rfig.khalil :)

Answer 3

thankyou can someone finish the equation im getting a weird number

Answer 4

what's a weird number?

Answer 5

666 is weird..

Answer 6

what do you have?

Answer 7

no im getting a decimal number that is not right but i can't see where i went wrong if someone could work it out that would be great

Answer 8

would you mind telling us what the number is?

Answer 9

multiply out that left side... what do you get?

Answer 10

n squared plus 3n plus 2

Answer 11

you have to foil it right?