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Pearl writes down seven consecutive integers and adds them up. The sum of the integers is equal to 8 times the largest of the seven integers. What is the smallest integer that Pearl wrote down?

 Oct 30, 2022
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Pearl writes down seven consecutive integers and adds them up. The sum of the integers is equal to 8 times the largest of the seven integers. What is the smallest integer that Pearl wrote down?     

 

     (x) + (x+1) + (x+2) + (x+3) + (x+4) + (x+5) + (x+6)  =  8 • (x+6)     

                                                                        7x + 21  =  8x + 48     

                                                                               – x  =  27     

                                                                                  x  =  – 27     

     check answer     

 

     –27 + –26 + –25 + –24 + –23 + –22 + –21  =  8 • (–21)     

                                                                –168  =  –168     

 Aug 22, 2025

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