SOLUTION: the sum of three consecutive odd integers is the same as five times the greatest of these integers what are the integers?

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Question 197632: the sum of three consecutive odd integers is the same as five times the greatest of these integers what are the integers?
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the sum of three consecutive odd integers is the same as five times the greatest of these integers what are the integers?
x + x+2 + x+4 = 5*(x+4)
3x+6 = 5x+20
-2x = 14
x = -7
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-7, -5 and -3