document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=544329>Question 544329</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find four consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the first three exceeds the fourth by 18. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the first of the four consecutive odd integers = F\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then others are: F + 2, F + 4, and F + 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We therefore have: F + F + 2 + F + 4 = F + 6 + 18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3F + 6 = F + 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3F - F = 24 - 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2F = 18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "F, or first of the three odd integers = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%289%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%289%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Other three are: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2811_13_and_15%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2811_13_and_15%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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