document.write( "Question 272880: find three consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the smallest and four times the largest is 61 \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "you must know what 3 consecutive intergers are to understand how to do this. for example: consecutive odd numbers are 1,3,5,7,9... so if x=1 to get 3 we would have to add 2 to x so (x,x+2,x+4) are our 3 consecutive odd numbers.
\n" ); document.write( "\"sum of the smallest and four times the largest is 61\"
\n" ); document.write( "smallest is x and largest is x+4
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2B4%28x%2B4%29=61\"$ multiply
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2B4x%2B16=61\"$ add
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5x%2B16=61\"$ subtract
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5x=45\"$ divide
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=9\"$
\n" ); document.write( "now solve for your numbers
\n" ); document.write( "(x,x+2,x+4)
\n" ); document.write( "(9,9+2,9+4)
\n" ); document.write( "(9,11,13)
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%289%29\"$ $\"highlight%2811%29\"$ $\"highlight%2813%29\"$
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