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Difference of an odd integer and three times the next consequetive odd integer is 24.
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\n" ); document.write( "Let the odd integer = x
\n" ); document.write( "Then the next odd integer = (x+2)
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\n" ); document.write( "3(x+2) - x = 24
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\n" ); document.write( "3x + 6 - x = 24
\n" ); document.write( "3x - x = 24 - 6
\n" ); document.write( "2x = 18
\n" ); document.write( "x = 9 is the 1st odd integer.
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\n" ); document.write( "Check: 3(11) - 9 = 24 \n" ); document.write( "

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