document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=21688>Question 21688</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find three consecutive odd integers such that the product of three and the third integer is twenty-one more than two times the sum of the first two numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #10456 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Paul><B>Paul(988)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Paul><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=10456\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "second = x+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "third = x+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(x+4)=21+2(x+x+2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+12=21+4x+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+12=25+4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-13+2=-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-13+4=-9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hence, the three consective numbers are -13, -11, and -9 </SPAN>\n" );
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