document.write( "Question 484483: When solving a word problem what do you do to solve it when it saids Find three consecutive odd numbers???\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Is it:
\n" ); document.write( "x+1
\n" ); document.write( "x+3
\n" ); document.write( "X+5 and so on...
\n" ); document.write( "or is it something else?
\n" ); document.write( "If so what is it? \n" ); document.write( "
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When solving a word problem what do you do to solve it when it saids Find three consecutive odd numbers???\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Is it:
\n" ); document.write( "x+1
\n" ); document.write( "x+3
\n" ); document.write( "X+5 and so on...
\n" ); document.write( "or is it something else?
\n" ); document.write( "If so what is it?
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\n" ); document.write( "You can choose whatever is convenient.
\n" ); document.write( "I would choose x-2, x and x+2 because the sum is 3x, if you're asked to find the numbers. Less work to do that way, but any 3 that you choose give the same answer.
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\n" ); document.write( "Just finding 3 consecutive odd numbers, tho, is a bit different.
\n" ); document.write( "To be sure they're odd, use 2n+1, where n is any integer.
\n" ); document.write( "Then it's 2n+1, 2n+3 and 2n+5.
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\n" ); document.write( "2n-1, 2n+1 and 2n+3 would also work, tho, but 2n-1 might be negative. \n" ); document.write( "
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