Question 189366: what is the smallest of three positive consecutive odd integers if the product of the second and third intergers is 63?? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Call the 3 consecutive odd integers , , and
given:
I'll use complete the square method:
Take the square root of both sides
and (I can't use a negative result)
(notice that )
The smallest number is
