document.write( "Question 110493: find three consecutive odd integers such that twice the second integer increased by six equals the sum of the largest and three time the smallest integer. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Let us name these three unidentified integers \"x\", \"y\", and \"z\", arbitrarily assuming that \"x\" is the \"smallest\" and \"z\" is the\"+largest\", we may write:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if \"twice_+the_+second\" integer increased by \"six+\"\"equals_+the_+sum+\"of the \"largest_+and_+three_+time_+the_+smallest\" integer, we can write:
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\n" ); document.write( "\"2y+%2B+6=+z+%2B+3x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If \"x\" is smallest odd number, then\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+x%2B2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"z+=x%2B4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now we can substitute it here:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2y+%2B+6=+z+%2B+3x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2+%28x%2B2%29+%2B+6=+x%2B4+%2B+3x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2+x+%2B+4+%2B+6=+x+%2B+4+%2B+3x\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2+x+%2B+10+=+4x+%2B+4+\"….move \"2x\" to the right and \"4\" to the left\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+10++-+4+=+4x+%96+2x+\"….\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+6++=++2x+\"….\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+3++=++x+\"….\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "or \"+x++=++3+\"…. smallest odd number\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+x%2B2+=+3+%2B+2+=+5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"z+=x%2B4+=+3+%2B+4+=+7\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Check:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2y+%2B+6=+z+%2B+3x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2%2A5%2B+6=+7+%2B+3%2A3\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"10%2B+6=+7+%2B+9\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"16=+16\"\r
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