SOLUTION: please help me solve this problem find three consecutive odd integers such that their sum is five more than 4 times the larges integer

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Question 790369: please help me solve this problem
find three consecutive odd integers such that their sum is five more than 4 times the larges integer
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let the integers be x,x+1,x+2
x+x+1+x+2 = 5+4(x+2)
3x+3=5+4x+8
4x-3x=-13+3
x=-10
the numbers are -10,-9,-8