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Question 659952
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Find three consecutive odd integers whose sum is 225
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An odd integer:
The next consecutive odd integer:
The next one after that:
Solve for
, then calculate
and
How did I know that if I just started with
that the answers will come out odd? Because the sum of any odd number of odd numbers is odd.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
