Respuesta :
These are indeed quite a lot of exercises, but a lot of them are almost identical - only small computations will change. So, I'm glad to help you with one exercise from every cathegory, but I encourage you to solve the others on your own.
Exercise 1
You can call four consecutive integers as
[tex] x,\ x+1,\ x+2,\ x+3 [/tex]
So, the sum of the first and third is [tex] x+(x+2) = 2x+2 [/tex]
We want this quantity to be six less than the largest, i.e. [tex] (x+3)-6 = x-3 [/tex]
So, the equality is
[tex] 2x+2 = x-3 [/tex]
Subtract x from both sides:
[tex] x+2 = -3 [/tex]
Subtract 2 from both sides:
[tex] x = -5 [/tex]
So, the consecutive integers are
[tex] -5,\ -4,\ -3,\ -2 [/tex]
In fact, the sum of the first and third is [tex] -5-3 = -8 [/tex], which is indeed six less than the largest: [tex] -8 = -2-6 [/tex]
Exercise 2
If you call the first odd number [tex] x [/tex], the next consecutive odd numbers will be [tex] x,\ x+2,\ x+4,\ x+6 [/tex]
In fact, we have to count skipping two's, because we only want odd integers. From here, you go on like exercise 1: you write the largest (which is x+6), and set it to be two more than the sum of the other three (x, x+2 and x+4)
Exercise 3
By the same logic of exercise 2, two consecutive even integers are [tex] x,\ x+2 [/tex], assuming that x is even.
So, you set the equation as usual: the smaller (which is x) is 26 less than three times the larger (which means 3(x+2)-26)
Exercise 4 to 8
These are all pretty identical to exercise 1: you start by listing three or four consecutive integers:
[tex] x,\ x+1,\ x+2\quad\text{or}\quad x,\ x+1,\ x+2\ x+3 [/tex]
and then you translate the request of each exercise accordingly. Remember that expressions like "three times the second number" means that you have to multiply: [tex] 3(x+1) [/tex], while expression like "six more than the first" or "thirteen less than the first" imply adding/subtracting: [tex] x+6 [/tex] or [tex] x-13 [/tex].
Exercise 9
A multiple of 5 can be written as [tex] 5k [/tex], for some integer k.
So, three consecutive multiples of 5 are
[tex] 5k, 5(k+1), 5(k+2) = 5k, 5k+5, 5k+10[/tex]
We want these three numbers to have a sum of 75. So, we have
[tex] 5k, 5k+5, 5k+10 = 75 \iff 15k+15 = 75 \iff 15k = 60 \iff k = 4 [/tex]
So, the three numbers are
[tex] 5k, 5(k+1), 5(k+2) = 5\cdot 4, 5\cdot 5, 5\cdot 6 = 20, 25, 30 [/tex]