Find a set of five consecutive integers such that the greatest integer is three times the least.

Question

I need help fast I don't know how to solve this.

Answer 1

In this case, you can label the integers as x, x+1, x+2, x+3, x+4

Then,

x+4 = 3x (condition given) or 2x = 4 or x = 2

So, the integers are 2,3,4,5, & 6