SOLUTION: find three cosecutive odd integers such that three times the middle integer is one more than the sum of the first and third.

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Question 231181: find three cosecutive odd integers such that three times the middle integer is
one more than the sum of the first and third.
Answer by user_dude2008(1862) About Me  (Show Source):
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3(x+2)=x+(x+4)+1
3x+6=2x+5
3x-2x=5-6
x=-1 <--------- First #
x+2=1 <--------- second#
x+4=3 <--------- third #