SOLUTION: Find three consecutive odd integers such that four times the middle integer is two less than the sum of the first and third.

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Question 884597: Find three consecutive odd integers such that four times the middle integer is two less than the sum of the first and third.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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N-2
N
N+2
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4N=%28N-2%2BN%2B2%29-2
4N=%282N%29-2
2N=-2
N=-1
So then the integers are
-3,-1,and 1