document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=521049>Question 521049</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I cannot figure out how to do this word problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write an equation and solve this problem.  Find the sum of three consecutive odd integers if the sum of the first two integers is equal to twenty-four less than four times the third integer. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=first consecutive odd integer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+2=second consecutive odd integer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+4=third consecutive odd integer<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+(x+2)=4(x+4)-24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+x+2=4x+16-24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-4x=16-24-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2x=-10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-10/-2=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ans:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "first consecutive odd integer=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "second consecutive odd integer=x+2=7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "third consecutive odd integer=+4=9 </SPAN>\n" );
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