document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=973964>Question 973964</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 3 consecutive odd integers such that the product of the first and the third integers is equal to 4 less than the square of the second integer\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "my sides keep cancelling out, what am i missing </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "my sides keep cancelling out, what am i missing<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use n-2, n, n+2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(n-2)*(n+2) = n^2 - 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's true for any 3 odd (or even) consecutive integers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "No unique solution. </SPAN>\n" );
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