SOLUTION: find 3 consecutive odd numbers where the product of the smaller two numbers is 34 less than the square of the largest number.?

Question 257261: find 3 consecutive odd numbers where the product of the smaller two numbers is 34 less than the square of the largest number.?
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x, x+2, and x+4 be the 3 consecutive odd integers.
From above, we have:
(i)
by foiling, we get
(ii)
simplifying we get
(iii)
setting = 0, we get
(iv)
solving for x, we get

If x = 3, the 3 consecutive odd integers are {3, 5, 7}
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