document.write( "Question 397512: find three consecutive odd integers such that twice the sum of the first and third exceeds the second by fifteen. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x, (x+2),(x+4) represent the three consecutive odd integers
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document.write( "Question states*** 
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document.write( " 2[x + (x+4)] = (x+2) + 15
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document.write( "solving for s
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document.write( "   4x + 8 = x + 17
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document.write( "     3x = 9
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document.write( "      x = 3   The three consecutive odd integers are 3,5,7\r
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer***
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document.write( " 2(3+7) = 20 = 5 + 15 \n" );
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