Question

There are three consecutive integers. Four times the smallest integer is equal to six more than three times the smallest integer. What is the smallest of the 3 integers?

Answer 1

Let the smallest integer equal x - 1, the next one equal x, and the last one equal x + 1.

4(x-1) = 3(x-1) + 6

x-1 = 5

x = 6

The smallest integer is x - 1, which is equal to 5. Thus, the smallest of the three integers is 5.