SOLUTION: if the product of 3 consecutive odd integers is 315,find the sum of the 2 smaller numbers

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Question 879964: if the product of 3 consecutive odd integers is 315,find the sum of the 2 smaller numbers
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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consecutive odd integers: (x-2), (x), (x+2)

(x-2)(x)(x+2) = 315

315 = 5 * 63 = 5 * 7 * 9

sum of 2 smaller numbers: 5 + 7 = 12