SOLUTION: 1. The sum of three consecutive odd integers is 27. What are the integers? 2. On Wednesday, John drove to school in 45 minutes. On Thursday,he had a test at school so he average

Question 175969: 1. The sum of three consecutive odd integers is 27. What are the integers?
2. On Wednesday, John drove to school in 45 minutes. On Thursday,he had a test at school so he averaged 12 miles per hour more, and it took him 9 minutes less to get to school. How far does he travel to school?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the smallest integer
The next larger will be
The next larger will be
Given:

The integers are 7, 9, and 11
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Given:
hr
hr
In the 1st case,

In the 2nd case,

The distances are the same in each case, so

Multiply each sides by

mi/hr
And, since

mi answer
check answer:

mi
OK
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