Question

The sum of the squares of 3 consecutive positive integers is 116. What are the numbers?

Answer 1

you can look at it like this: x+y+z=116 but there is another way. can you think of it.

Answer 2

seeing as the three integers are consecutive would that not mean that they could be expressed as x+(1+x)+(2+x)?

Answer 3

The sum of the squares of three consecutive positive even integers is 116.
What are the numbers?
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116/3 = apx 39
sqrt(39) = apx 6, the middle number
--> 4, 6 & 8

Answer 4

what is apx?

Answer 5

aproxamitly

Answer 6

right

Answer 7

i never really understood the foil could you explain it to me.