document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=277701>Question 277701</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if the first and third of three consecutive odd integers are added, the result is 87 less than five times the second interger. find the third interger </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the numbers be x, x+2 and x+4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+(x+4)+87=5(x+2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+4+87=5x+10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x-5x=-4-87+10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3x=-81\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x= 27\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the other two numbers are 89 and 91\r<BR>\n" );
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