What’s the larger integer?

Question

The sum of three consecutive integers is -204. What is the largest integer?

Answer 1

Let the largest integer be x. SInce the integers are consecutive, then we have the other two integers as x -1 and x -2. From the problem, we get

x + (x-1) + (x-2) = - 204.

Then:

3x - 3 = -204

3x = -201

x = -67

The largest number is -67.