SOLUTION: Find three consecutive odd numbers such that the sum of five times the larger number and twice the larger number is 33 more than six times the median number

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Question 1090650: Find three consecutive odd numbers such that the sum of five times the larger number and twice the larger number is 33 more than six times the median number
Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the numbers be x, x+2, and x+4
5(x+4)+2(x+4) = 6(x+2)+33
distributive properties of multiplication:
5x+20+2x+8 = 6x+12+33
7x+28 = 6x+45
x = 17
so your numbers are
17, 17+2 = 19, and 17+4 = 21