SOLUTION: Find the largest of three consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the first two integers is five more than the third integer
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Question 975471: Find the largest of three consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the first two integers is five more than the third integer
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Let 
represent the largest of the three consecutive odd integers. Then the next smaller one must be 
and the smallest 
. The sum of the first two is:
\ +\ (x\ -\ 2))
And this is 5 more than the largest, so:
\ +\ (x\ -\ 2)\ =\ x\ +\ 5)
Solve for
John
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