SOLUTION: find three consecutive odd integers such that 9 times the first is the same as the sum of 3 times the second and 4 times the third.
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Question 67971: find three consecutive odd integers such that 9 times the first is the same as the sum of 3 times the second and 4 times the third.
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find three consecutive odd integers
x, (x+2), (x+4)
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such that 9 times the first is the same as the sum of 3 times the second and 4 times the third.
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9x = 3(x+2)+4(x+4)
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9x = 3x + 6 + 4x + 16
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9x = 7x + 22
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9x - 7x = 22
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2x = 22
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x = 11
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Check: 9(11) = 3(13) + 4(15)
99 = 39 + 60
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