Question

Find three consecutive integers whose sum 81.

Answer 1

Let x be the 1st number (indicating the least value)
So what would be next numbers?

Answer 2

@matz199

Answer 3

that's all the question told me

Answer 4

The question told you that the numbers are CONSECUTIVE INTEGERS, right?
Therefore, if we let x as one of them, making it the lowest. The next numbers will be x+1 and x+2. You get it now?

Answer 5

@matz199 do you get what I mean?

Answer 6

yeah

Answer 7

Therefore, what is the equation for the sum of that 3 consecutive integers?

Answer 8

@matz199 ???