The sum of three consecutive integers is -96. Find the largest integer.

Question

I am not exactly sure how to do this type of problem can anyone help?

Answer 1

Since we have three consecutive integers that are unknown, we can call them:

n

n+1

n+2

 

We know that these add up to -96, so we can write an equation as:

 

n + (n+1) + (n+2) = -96

 

Now we can solve for the value of n