SOLUTION: Find three consecutive odd integers for which the sum of the largest two is five more than three times the smallest

SOLUTION: Find three consecutive odd integers for which the sum of the largest two is five more than three times the smallest

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Question 966287: Find three consecutive odd integers for which the sum of the largest two is five more than three times the smallest
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) = 5 + 3(x-2)
2x + 2 = 3x - 1
3 = x

The integers are 1, 3, and 5.
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