document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1136782>Question 1136782</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Three cosecutive odd numbers are such that seven times the the smaller , sutracted from the bigger gives 144 find the tow numbers  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the three numbers be x-2, x, and x+2.  Then the problem says<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since you are asking about a problem like this, I will assume you are studying basic algebra.  This equation is easily solved using basic algebra, so I'll leave that to you.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The important part of this problem is translating the given information into an equation that you can solve.  Note that most beginning students would call the three numbers x, x+2, and x+4; that would be a valid start to the problem.  I used x-2, x and x+2 because often the algebra is easier if x is the middle number instead of the first.  It turns out in this problem that doing that didn't simplify the required work.... </SPAN>\n" );
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