document.write( "Question 405272: the sum of 3 consecutive odd integers is 85 less than 4 times the first. what is the first integer? Totally struggling thanks \n" ); document.write( "

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the sum of 3 consecutive odd integers is 85 less than 4 times the first.
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\n" ); document.write( "Let the three consecutive integers be: x, (x+2), (x+4)
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\n" ); document.write( "Write an equation for exactly what it says,
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\n" ); document.write( "x + (x+2) + x+4) = 4x - 85
\n" ); document.write( "3x + 6 = 4x - 85
\n" ); document.write( "6 + 85 = 4x - 3x
\n" ); document.write( "91 = x
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\n" ); document.write( "91 is the 1st integer
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\n" ); document.write( "Check this
\n" ); document.write( "91 + 93 + 95 = 4(91) - 85
\n" ); document.write( "279 = 364 - 85
\n" ); document.write( "279 = 279; confirms our solution of x = 91 \n" ); document.write( "

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