document.write( "Question 386181: Please help me with this following problem: Two times the least of three consecutive odd integers exceeds three times the greatest by 15. What are the integers? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x,(x+2)and (x+4) represent the three consecutive odd integers
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document.write( " 2x = 3(x+4) + 15
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document.write( "Solving for x
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document.write( " 2x = 3x + 12 + 15
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document.write( " -27 = x, the smallest
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document.write( "the three consecutive odd integers are: -27, -25, - 23\r
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document.write( " -54 = -69 + 15 \n" );
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