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\n" ); document.write( "find three consecutive odd positive integers such that 3 times the sum of all 3 is 26 less than product of the first and second integers
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Let smallest be S
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document.write( "Then others are: S + 2, and S + 4
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document.write( "We then get: 3(S + S + 2 + S + 4) = S(S + 2) - 26
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document.write( "(S - 11)(S + 4) = 0
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document.write( "S, or        OR         S = - 4 (ignore) 
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