SOLUTION: Find three consecutive odd integers such that three times the sum of the second two is three less than nine times the first one.

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Question 1093314: Find three consecutive odd integers such that three
times the sum of the second two is three less than nine times the first one.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the integers be N-2,N, and N%2B2.
3%28N%2BN%2B2%29=9%28N-2%29-3
3%282N%2B2%29=9N-18-3
3%282N%2B2%29=9N-21
3%282N%2B2%29=3%283N-7%29
2N%2B2=3N-7
Solve for N.