the sum of the ages of three Romano brothers is 63. if their ages can be represented as consecutive integers, what is the age of the middle brother?

Question

consecutive integers are integers that follow each other in order.

Answer 1

the simplest thing to do is divide 63 by 3 (this gives the mean which will be the middle number of 3 consecutive integers)

63/3=21 is the age of the middle brother

the other brothers are 20 and 22

if you need algebraic work...

x+(x+1)+(x+2)=63

3x+3=63

3x=60

x=20

x+1=21

x+2=22