SOLUTION: Find three consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the second and third integers is three less than three times the first integer.

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Question 246314: Find three consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the second and third integers is three less than three times the first integer.
Answer by College Student(505)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = integer
Let = consecutive odd integer
Let = the next consecutive odd integer
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If the sum of the second and third integers is three less than three times the first integer, our equation becomes:

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Now solve for x to find your first integer. The other two will be easy to figure out.
Rememebr to check your answers.

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