SOLUTION: Translate "Find three consectutive odd integers with the sum of 141" and find the two integers.

SOLUTION: Translate "Find three consectutive odd integers with the sum of 141" and find the two integers.

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Question 995918: Translate "Find three consectutive odd integers with the sum of 141" and find the two integers.
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the three numbers x, x+2, and x+4 (they're odd so we add two)...
Thus
x + (x+2) + (x+4) = 141
3x + 6 = 141
3x = 135
x = 45
x + 2 = 47
x + 4 = 49
So they are 45, 47 and 49.
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