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I have a problem on how to set this up. Find two consecutive odd integers such that twice the largest is 17 more than the smaller.
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let integers be 2x+1 and 2x+3
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2(2x+3)=2x+1+17
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4x+6=2x+18
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2x=12
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x=6
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2x%2B1=2%286%29%2B1=highlight%2813%29
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2x%2B3=2%286%29%2B3=highlight%2815%29
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