document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=169178>Question 169178</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of 3 consecutive odd numbers is 39<BR>\n" );
document.write( "how would you figure it out? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "how would you figure it out?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n is the 1st number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n+2 is the 2nd<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n+4 is the 3rd<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n + n+2 + n+4 = 39<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3n+6 = 39<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3n = 33<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so it's 11, 13, 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's one way.<BR>\n" );
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