SOLUTION: Five times the smallest of two consecutive odd integers is the same as twenty-eight more than three times the largest integer. Find the integers.

SOLUTION: Five times the smallest of two consecutive odd integers is the same as twenty-eight more than three times the largest integer. Find the integers.

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Question 1156981: Five times the smallest of two consecutive odd integers is the same as twenty-eight more than three times the largest integer. Find the integers.
Answer by VFBundy(438) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Smallest odd integer = x
Largest odd integer = x + 2

5x = 3(x + 2) + 28

5x = 3x + 6 + 28

5x = 3x + 34

2x = 34

x = 17

Smallest odd integer = x = 17
Largest odd integer = x + 2 = 19
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