SOLUTION: If the sum of 3 consecutive odd integersis 237,then what are the integers?

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Question 241182: If the sum of 3 consecutive odd integersis 237,then what are the integers?
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Let represent the first odd integer. Then the next consecutive odd integer must be , and the one after that must be .

Since the sum of the three is 237, we can say:



Just solve for to find the smallest one. Add 2 to get the next one. Add 2 again to get the one after that.

John