document.write( "Question 364208: Find the integers. Five consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the first and fifth are one less than three times the fourth integer. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x represent the smallest of the Five consecutive odd integers
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document.write( "(x+2), (x+4),(x + 6), (x+8 )would then represent the others.
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document.write( "*Note: consecutive odd integers differ by 2
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document.write( "Write as we Read***
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document.write( "x + (x+8) = 3(x+6) -1
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document.write( "solving for x
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document.write( "2x + 8 = 3x + 18 - 1
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document.write( "-9 = x
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document.write( "the Five consecutive odd integers are -9, -7, -5, -3, -1\r
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document.write( "checking our answer
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document.write( "-9 + -1 = -9 - 1 \n" );
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