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Question 617991: The sum of three consecutive odd ontegers is 18 less than five times the middle number. What are the three integers?
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Hi,

The sum of  3 consecutive odd integers  highlight%28x%29,highlight%28x%2B2%29,highlight%28x%2B4%29   

is 18 less than five times the middle number. 

 x + (x+2)+(x+4)= 5(x+2) -18    ||Solve for x and other two consecutive odd integers