SOLUTION: Find three consecutive odd integers, such that the sum of the second and third is twenty-three more than three times the first

SOLUTION: Find three consecutive odd integers, such that the sum of the second and third is twenty-three more than three times the first

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Question 832362: Find three consecutive odd integers, such that the sum of the second and third is twenty-three more than three times the first
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
consecutive odd integers: (x-2), x, (x+2)

x + (x+2) = 23 + 3(x-2)
2x + 2 = 3x + 17
-15 = x

The integers are -17, -15, and -13.

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