SOLUTION: If you have five consecutive integers such that the even integers add up to 48 what is the smallest odd integer?

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Question 229558: If you have five consecutive integers such that the even integers add up to 48 what is the smallest odd integer?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you have five consecutive integers such that the even integers add up to 48 what is the smallest odd integer?
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1st: 2x-2
2nd: 2x-1
3rd: 2x
4th: 2x+1
5th: 2x+2
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Evens are 2x-2,2x, and 2x+2
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Equation:
2x-2+2x+2x+2 = 48
6x = 48
x = 8
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Smallest odd it 2x-1 = 16-1 = 15
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Cheers,
Stan H.