SOLUTION: Find two consecutive odd integers in which the sum is equal to one or more than three times the smallest

Question 216310: Find two consecutive odd integers in which the sum is equal to one or more than three times the smallest
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Find two consecutive odd integers in which the sum is equal to one or more than three times the smallest.

Step 1. Let n be one odd integer and let n+2 be the next consecutive integer.

Step 2. Let 3n be three times the smallest.

Step 3. Then n+n+2=1+3n or 2n+2=1+3n. Then n=1 and n+2=3.

Step 4. ANSWER: The numbers are 1 and 3.

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