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  • 08-06-2021
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The sum of four consecutive integers is -62. What is
the least of the four integers?

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  • 09-06-2021

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Answer:

  -17

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the smallest of the integers. Then their sum is ...

  x +(x+1) +(x+2) +(x+3) = -62

  4x +6 = -62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . collect terms

  4x = -68 . . . . . . . . . .subtract 6

  x = -17 . . . . . . . divide by 4

The least of the four is -17.

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