SOLUTION: Sorry I don't really know what category to put this under! Here's the question: Find two consecutive odd integers if the larger is four less than one third the smaller Thank

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Question 1103232: Sorry I don't really know what category to put this under!
Here's the question:
Find two consecutive odd integers if the larger is four less than one third the smaller
Thank You!

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Just write that description in symbols and solve for the unknown variable.

p, an integer; any integer
p and p+2, consecutive integers, assumed to be odd.

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Outlined in red are the two odd consecutive integers.

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