SOLUTION: Find 3 consecutive odd integers such that the product of the first and third integers is 4 less than the square of the second integer.

Question 164036: Find 3 consecutive odd integers such that the product of the first and third integers is 4 less than the square of the second integer.

Answer by alicealc(293) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let:
the first odd integer = x
the second odd integer = x + 2
the third odd integer = x + 4

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from the result above, we can conclude that every 3 consecutive odd integers has such characteristic (the product of the first and third integers is 4 less than the square of the second integer)

and so on.

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