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\n" ); document.write( ": find 5 consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the first and fifth is one less than three times the fourth \n" ); document.write( "

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Let x, x+2, x+4, x+6, x+8 be the five consecutive odd integers.
\n" ); document.write( "x+(x+8)=3(x+4)-1
\n" ); document.write( "2x+8=3x+12-1
\n" ); document.write( "2x-3x=11-8
\n" ); document.write( "-x=3
\n" ); document.write( "x=3/-1
\n" ); document.write( "x=-3 ans. for the lowest integer.
\n" ); document.write( "-3+2=-1 for the next integer.
\n" ); document.write( "-3+4=1 for the middle integer.
\n" ); document.write( "-3+6=3 for the fourth imteger.
\n" ); document.write( "-3+8=5 for the largest integer.
\n" ); document.write( "Proof:
\n" ); document.write( "-3+5=3*1-1
\n" ); document.write( "2=3-1
\n" ); document.write( "2=2 \n" ); document.write( "

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