Question

Brad wants to find three consecutive integers whose sum is 81. He wrote the equation (n -1) + n + (n + 1) = 81. What is (n)?

A. The least of the three integers

B. Middle integer

C. The largest of the three integers

D. The difference between the least and greatest of the three health numbers

Answer 1

Answer:

n-1+n+n+1 = 3n = 81

=> n = 27

The numbers are 26, 27 and 28

Therefore n (27) is the middle integer