document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=576892>Question 576892</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find three consecutive odd numbers whose sum is 157 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum would be a multiple of 3.  157 is not --> no solution.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "49 + 51 + 53 = 153<BR>\n" );
document.write( "51 + 53 + 55 = 159<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is also true for 3 even numbers, or any 3 evenly spaced numbers.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(n-s) + n + (n+s) = 3n for any value of s.<BR>\n" );
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