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\n" ); document.write( "2. Twice the sum of two consecutive odd integers is three less than the product of two less than the smaller odd integer and two more than the larger odd integer
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Let the smaller integer be S
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document.write( "Then larger is: S + 2
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document.write( "Therefore, we get: 2(S + S + 2) = (S – 2) * (S + 2 + 2) – 3
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document.write( "2(2S + 2) = (S – 2)(S + 4) – 3
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document.write( "(S - 5)(S + 3) = 0
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document.write( "S, or smaller integer = 5		OR	 	  S = - 3\r
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document.write( "If the smaller integer is 5, then integers are: 
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document.write( "However, if the smaller integer is - 3, then integers are:  \n" );
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