document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=192254>Question 192254</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618503080/algebrahomeworkh>Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To solve integer problems. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find three consecutive odd integers such that three time the middle integer is seven more than the sum of the first and third integers. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "my try: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1st integer:  n <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd integer: 3(n+2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3rd integer: (n+4) + 7 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n+3(n+2) = 7+(n+4) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2n + 5 = 11 + n <BR>\n" );
document.write( "n + 5 = 11 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "WRONG!  what am I doing wrong?! \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks!  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "my try: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1st integer: n <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd integer: 3(n+2) ---- it's n+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3rd integer: (n+4) + 7 ----- it's n+4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3*(n+2) = n + n+4 + 7 ---- 3 times the middle # is the sum of 2 #s + 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3n+6 = 2n+11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5, 7, 9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n+3(n+2) = 7+(n+4) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2n + 5 = 11 + n <BR>\n" );
document.write( "n + 5 = 11 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 6 <BR>\n" );
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