document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=257212>Question 257212</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the largest of four consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the first and the fourth is 27 less than three times the first integer. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the smallest of the integers. Then the other three are x+2, x+4 and x+6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We know then that:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + (x+6) = 3*x - 27\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solving for x:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2*x + 6 = 3*x - 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 33\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The larger integer then is x + 6 = 39.  </SPAN>\n" );
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