SOLUTION: 1. three times the difference between three times a number and three is twenty-seven. find the number. 2. the sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 99. find the first number.

Question 174241: 1. three times the difference between three times a number and three is twenty-seven. find the number.
2. the sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 99. find the first number.
3. find two consecutive even integers such that six times the first equals four times the second . find the larger number
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1)3(3a-3)=27 where a is our unknown number
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9a-9=27
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9a=36
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2)let our 3 numbers be a,a+2,and a+4
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a+a+2+a+4=99
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3a=93
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consecutive odd intergers are
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3)a and b=a+2 will be our integers
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6a=4(a+2)
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6a=4a+8
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2a=8
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the large integer
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