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Question 380951: find four consecutive odd integers whose sum is 8 using an equation
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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let x = least valued odd integer in the list. Then
x+x+2+x+4+x+6 = 8;
4x + 12 = 8;
4x = -4;
x = -1.
Therefore the four consecutive odd integers are -1, 1, 3, 5.