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document.write( "Find 3 odd consecutive integers such that the product of the first and third minus the middle integer is 338.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let the 3 odd integers be n-2,n and n+2\r\n" );
document.write( "Product of 1st and 3rd = \r\n" );
document.write( "Subtracting middle integer\r\n" );
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document.write( "Or\r\n" );
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document.write( "This is a simple quadratic equation which can be solved by factorizing.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So possible solutions for n are  or \r\n" );
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document.write( "Correspondingly, the 3 numbers are (-20,-18,-16) or (17,19,21)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since is is not mentioned that the integers are positive, both solutions are valid.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Check: \r\n" );
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document.write( "Both are correct!\r\n" );
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