document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=159597>Question 159597</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780618803682/algebrahomeworkh>Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Five times the smallest of three consecutive odd integers is ten more than twice the largest.  Find the integers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "5x=10+2x+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x-2x=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=18/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=6 answer for the smallest integer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Proof:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5*6=10+2(6+4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30=10+2*10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30=10+20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30=30 </SPAN>\n" );
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