SOLUTION: "find sets of three consecutive odd whole numbers whose sum is less than 45."

SOLUTION: "find sets of three consecutive odd whole numbers whose sum is less than 45."

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Question 242777: "find sets of three consecutive odd whole numbers whose sum is less than 45."
Answer by JimboP1977(311) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+x+2+x+4<45
3x+6<45
x<39/3
x<13
So the first number in the sequence can be any odd number under 13.
So the highest set of three consecutive odd numbers are 11,13,& 15. So you could have 9,11,13 etc.
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