document.write( "Question 338605: find four consecutive odd integers so that the sum of the smallest integer and the largest integer is the same as the sum of all four integers \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation 1: \"A+%2B+B+%2B+C+%2B+D+=+A+%2B+D\"
\n" ); document.write( "Let A = X
\n" ); document.write( "Let B = X + 2
\n" ); document.write( "Let C = X + 4
\n" ); document.write( "Let D = X + 6
\n" ); document.write( "Solution:
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\n" ); document.write( "Rewrite the equation
\n" ); document.write( "Equation 1: \"X+%2B+%28X+%2B+2%29+%2B+%28X+%2B+4%29+%2B+%28X+%2B+6%29+=+X+%2B+%28X+%2B+6%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Combine like terms
\n" ); document.write( "\"4X+%2B+12+=+2X+%2B+6\"
\n" ); document.write( "Subtract 2X from both sides
\n" ); document.write( "\"2X+%2B+12+=+6\" Subtract 12 from both sides
\n" ); document.write( "\"2X+=+-6\" Divide both sides by 2
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28X+=+-3%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Now substitute -3 into the Lettter variable equations for X
\n" ); document.write( "A = X
\n" ); document.write( "B = X + 2
\n" ); document.write( "C = X + 4
\n" ); document.write( "D = X + 6
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\n" ); document.write( "A = -3
\n" ); document.write( "B = -3 + 2
\n" ); document.write( "C = -3 + 4
\n" ); document.write( "D = -3 + 6
\n" ); document.write( "Simplify
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\n" ); document.write( "A = -3
\n" ); document.write( "B = -1
\n" ); document.write( "C = 1
\n" ); document.write( "D = 3
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\n" ); document.write( "Now check the answers into equation 1
\n" ); document.write( "Equation 1: \"A+%2B+B+%2B+C+%2B+D+=+A+%2B+D\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"-3+%2B+-1+%2B+1+%2B+3+=+-3+%2B+3\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%280+=+0%29\"\r
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