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Question 631790: how do you find three consecutive odd positive integers such that 2 times the sum of all three is 9 less than the product of the first and second integers
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Hi,

three consecutive odd positive integers ,  , 

2 times the sum of all three is 9 less than the product of the first and second integers

  2(3x + 6)=x(x+2)-9

    6x + 12  = x^2 + 2x-9

           0 = x^2-4x - 21

           0 =  (x-7)(x+3)    x = 7 

The  three consecutive odd positive integers are 7 , 9 , 11



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