Question 340278: are there three consecutive odd integers whose sum is 75? if so, find them.
Answer by texttutoring(324)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x = the first integer.
That means that the second integer must be x+2, and the 3rd integer is x+4. This is because these are consecutive odd integers, such as 5,7,9... which adds 2 each time.
Set up an equation:
x + (x+2) + (x+4) = 75
3x + 6 = 75
3x = 69
x = 23
second integer: 25
third integer: 27
The three integers are 23,25,27.
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