document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=373435>Question 373435</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ca you please help find the solution to the following word problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find three consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the first and the third results in 87 less than five times the second<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #265782 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=265782\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let us call the three consecutive odd integers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x, x+2, and x+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Notice we skip a number because they are odd...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now translating we get...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + (x+4) = 5(x+2) - 87<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now solve<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 4 = 5x + 10 - 87<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 4 = 5x - 77<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add 77 to both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 81 = 5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract 2x from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "81 = 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+2 = 29<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+4 = 31 </SPAN>\n" );
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