SOLUTION: Sorry I don't really know what category to put this under! Here's the question: Find two consecutive odd integers if the larger is four less than one third the smaller Thank

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Question 1103232: Sorry I don't really know what category to put this under!
Here's the question:
Find two consecutive odd integers if the larger is four less than one third the smaller
Thank You!
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Just write that description in symbols and solve for the unknown variable.

p, an integer; any integer
p and p+2, consecutive integers, assumed to be odd.
p%2B2=-4%2B%281%2F3%29p
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3p%2B6=-4%2A3%2Bp
2p%2B6=-12
2p=-18
highlight%28p=-9%29
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p%2B2=-9%2B2
highlight%28p%2B2=-7%29

Outlined in red are the two odd consecutive integers.