Four consecutive integers

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Question from sherica, a student:

my teacher gave us an assignment and it says here that;
THERE ARE FOUR CONSECUTIVE INTEGERS.IF THE SMALLEST ONE IS x ,FIND THE SUM OF THE FOUR INTEGERS. that is the question ...thanks hope that u can answer it

Hi Sherica,

I'm not going to answer it but I think you can.

Suppose the assignment had been "There are four consecutive integers. if the smallest one is 7 ,find the sum of the four integers" then the four integers would be 7, 7+1, 7+2, and 7+3.

The assignment is "There are four consecutive integers. if the smallest one is x ,find the sum of the four integers." What are the four integers? What is their sum?

Penny

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