SOLUTION: Find the three consecutive odd integers such that the product of the first and third integers is 4 less than the square of the second integer.

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Question 165705: Find the three consecutive odd integers such that the product of the first and third integers is 4 less than the square of the second integer.
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
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so lets call our intergers x+1,x+3,x+5
%28x%2B1%29%28x%2B5%29=%28x%2B3%29%5E2-4 lets distribute the right and left sides and simplify x%5E2%2B6x%2B5=x%5E2%2B6x%2B9-4 simplifying further 0=0 it appears that there are NO unique solutions