document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=239961>Question 239961</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the sum of three consective odd intergers is 357 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't know what <i>inte<b>r</b>gers</i> are.  If you mean \"the sum of three consecutive odd <b><i>integers</i></b> is 357,\" I would say that is a fascinating fact.  Now is there some reason that you could not take the time to actually ask a question?  There are a whole myriad of things that you could actually want based on the statement that I think you intended to make, namely:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.  What are the integers?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.  What is the smallest integer?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3.  What is the largest integer?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4.  What is the product of the three integers?  (alternatively, the product of the smallest and largest, or smallest and middle, etc.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5.  How do you set up the problem so that the answers to any of the above can be determined?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not having any specific instructions about what you want, I guess I'll answer number 5:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent the smallest of the three consecutive odd integers.  The next consecutive integer is one more than that, but the next consecutive integer to an odd integer is an even integer.  To get to the next consecutive <b><i>odd</i></b> integer, you must add 2.  Hence, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ +\ 2\"> represents the next consecutive odd integer.  The one after that has to be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (x\ +\ 2)\ +\ 2\ =\ x\ +\ 4\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of these three integers is 357.  \"Sum\" means add and \"is\" means equals, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ +\ (x\ +\ 2)\ +\ (x\ +\ 4)\ =\ 357\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> to discover the first integer.  Add 2 to get the second, and add 2 more to find the third.\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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