document.write( "Question 208352This question is from textbook tennessee prentice hall mathematics algebra 1
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find five consecutive odd integers such that the first and fifth is one less than three times the fourth
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\n" ); document.write( "\"find five consecutive odd integers\"
\n" ); document.write( "x, (x+2), (x+4), (x+6), (x+8)
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\n" ); document.write( "\"such that the first and fifth is one less than three times the fourth\"
\n" ); document.write( "x + (x+8) = 3(x+6) - 1
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\n" ); document.write( "2x + 8 = 3x + 18 - 1
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\n" ); document.write( "2x + 8 = 3x + 17
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\n" ); document.write( "8 - 17 = 3x - 2x
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\n" ); document.write( "-9 = x
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\n" ); document.write( "The numbers: -9, -7, -5, -3, -1
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\n" ); document.write( "-9 + -1 = 3(-3) - 1
\n" ); document.write( "-10 = -9 - 1 \n" ); document.write( "

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