SOLUTION: Translate the following problem using only the variable x. Do not solve the equation Eight times the first of three consecutive odd integers is twice the second

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Question 219500: Translate the following problem using only the variable x. Do not solve the equation
Eight times the first of three consecutive odd integers is twice the second
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Let represent the first of three consecutive odd integers. The next consecutive odd integer must then be and the one after that must be .

Eight times the first integer is then .

"Is" means "=".

Twice the second consecutive odd integer is .

Putting it all together:




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