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Using three consecutive odd integers, such that if three times the second is subtracted from the third, the difference is negative forty-eight.
\n" ); document.write( " Find the first integer.
\n" ); document.write( "Let x = the first integer
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "(x+2) = the 2nd integer
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "(x+4) = the 3rd.
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\n" ); document.write( "Write an equation for exactly what it says
\n" ); document.write( "(x+4) - 3(x+2) = -48
\n" ); document.write( "x + 4 - 3x - 6 = -48
\n" ); document.write( "x - 3x = -48 - 4 + 6
\n" ); document.write( "-2x = -46
\n" ); document.write( "2x = 46; multiplied both sides by -1
\n" ); document.write( "x = 46/2
\n" ); document.write( "x = 23 is the first odd integer
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\n" ); document.write( "See if that checks out.
\n" ); document.write( "27 - 3(25) =
\n" ); document.write( "27 - 75 = -48 \n" ); document.write( "

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