SOLUTION: Hi my problem says: find three consecutive odd integers such that 7 times the sum of the first and the third is 120 less than 10 times the OPPOSITE of the second. I just need to

SOLUTION: Hi my problem says: find three consecutive odd integers such that 7 times the sum of the first and the third is 120 less than 10 times the OPPOSITE of the second. I just need to

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Question 625460: Hi my problem says: find three consecutive odd integers such that 7 times the sum of the first and the third is 120 less than 10 times the OPPOSITE of the second.
I just need to know what it means by opposite?? Thank you :).
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The opposite of any number x is -x. So the opposite of 30 for example is -30.
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