SOLUTION: Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is 3 more than twice the third. Find the third integer?

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Question 698080: Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is 3 more than twice the third. Find the third integer?
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Three odd integers: x, (x+2), (x+4)
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Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is 3 more than twice the third.
3x = 2(x+4) + 3
3x = 2x + 8 + 3
3x - 2x = 11
x = 11 is the first integer
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You can Find the third integer?