document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=184506>Question 184506</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> four times the smallest of three consecutive odd integers is 236 more than the sum of the two integers. find the integers.   </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The only way your question makes any sense at all is if you left out the word <i><b>other</b></i> when you typed your question.  I suspect your question is supposed to be:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Four times the smallest of three consecutive odd integers is 236 more than the sum of the <i><b>other</b></i> two integers. Find the integers.\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the future, please take more care when you post.  We tutors do enough work just answering the questions you guys pose without having to guess at what you mean.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Having vented my spleen, let's answer the question that I think you meant to ask.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the smallest odd integer be <i>x</i>.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then the next consecutive odd integer must be <i>x</i> + 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And the next consecutive odd integer after that must be <i>x</i> + 2 + 2 = <i>x</i> + 4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Four times the smallest is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 4x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"is\" means equals\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of the other two is:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (x + 2) + (x + 4) = 2x + 6\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "236 more than that is: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 2x + 6 + 236 = 2x + 242\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Putting it all together:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \text{          }\math 4x = 2x + 242\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <i>x</i> to get the smallest integer.  Add 2 to get then next one, and add 2 more to get the largest one.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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