document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=548135>Question 548135</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two consecutive odd numbers are such that three times the first is 5 more than twice the second. What are those two odd numbers?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x+1 is first odd integer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and x+3 is Second odd integer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 times of the first integer = 3(x+1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Twice the second integer=2(x+3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Condition says<BR>\n" );
document.write( "three times the first is 5 more than twice the second<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(x+1)=2(x+3)+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+3=2x+6+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-2x=6+5-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First odd integer = x+1=8+1=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Second odd integer = x+3=8+3=11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "three times the first is 5 more than twice the second<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*9=2*11+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "27=22+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "27=27 </SPAN>\n" );
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