SOLUTION: Three cosecutive odd numbers are such that seven times the the smaller , sutracted from the bigger gives 144 find the tow numbers

Question 1136782: Three cosecutive odd numbers are such that seven times the the smaller , sutracted from the bigger gives 144 find the tow numbers
Found 3 solutions by greenestamps, MathTherapy, josgarithmetic:
Answer by greenestamps(13215)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let the three numbers be x-2, x, and x+2. Then the problem says

Since you are asking about a problem like this, I will assume you are studying basic algebra. This equation is easily solved using basic algebra, so I'll leave that to you.

The important part of this problem is translating the given information into an equation that you can solve. Note that most beginning students would call the three numbers x, x+2, and x+4; that would be a valid start to the problem. I used x-2, x and x+2 because often the algebra is easier if x is the middle number instead of the first. It turns out in this problem that doing that didn't simplify the required work....
Answer by MathTherapy(10557)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Three cosecutive odd numbers are such that seven times the the smaller , sutracted from the bigger gives 144 find the tow numbers

Is it 2 or 3 CONSECUTIVE INTEGERS? You start out saying it's 3, but then go on to talk about SMALLER and LARGER/BIGGER, which indicates just 2, and furthermore,
the question does ask for the TWO (sic TOW) numbers.
If it's 2, then the results, based on what you gave, won't produce INTEGERS, and from what I can recall, ODD NUMBERS are INTEGERS.
If it's 3, then info is missing!
Do what you need to do, if you REALLY need help!
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Three coNsecutive odd numbers are such that seven times the the smaller , suBtracted from the bigger gives 144. Find the ~~tow~~ TWO numbers.
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INTEGER VALUE OR EXPRESSION SMALLER n-2 MIDDLE n LARGER n+2

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The example problem is not written correctly.
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