Question

The sum of three consecutive integers is 267. What is the largest integer?

Answer 1

Word problems... they usually are really easy if you can find what the heck it is you're trying to solve....


Okay, how do you represent three consecutive integers? Suppose x is the first integer...

Answer 2

um okay..

Answer 3

If x is the first integer? -_-

How do you represent the second?

Answer 4

x+ what is the second one?

Answer 5

honestly have no idea

Answer 6

What comes after 4?

Answer 7

5

Answer 8

What did you do to 4 to get 5?

Answer 9

add 1

Answer 10

Right.
So, what do you do to x to get the next consecutive integer?

Answer 11

add?

Answer 12

add...?