document.write( "Question 888724: the sum of three consecutive odd integers is 171.what are the integers? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "First, here's the easy way to do it, but your \r\n" );
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document.write( "Their average will be their sum divided by \r\n" );
document.write( "3 or 171÷3 = 57,\r\n" );
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document.write( "The only 3 consecutive odd integers that average\r\n" );
document.write( "57 are the three with 57 in the niddle, which are \r\n" );
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document.write( "55,57, and 59.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the easy way.  Here's the algebra way, that \r\n" );
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document.write( "The smallest odd integer = x\r\n" );
document.write( "The middle sized odd integer = x+2\r\n" );
document.write( "The largest odd integer = x+4\r\n" );
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document.write( "x + (x+2) + (x+4) = 171\r\n" );
document.write( "x + x + 2 + x + 4 = 171\r\n" );
document.write( "           3x + 6 = 171\r\n" );
document.write( "               3x = 165\r\n" );
document.write( "                x = 55\r\n" );
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document.write( "The smallest odd integer = x = 55\r\n" );
document.write( "The middle sized odd integer = x+2 = 55+2 = 57\r\n" );
document.write( "The largest odd integer = x+4 = 55+4 = 59\r\n" );
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