SOLUTION: find three cosecutive odd integers such that the sum of the least and greatest is 78

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Question 257473: find three cosecutive odd integers such that the sum of the least and greatest is 78
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, drk:
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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three consecutive integers such that the sum of the least and greatest is 78
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1st: x-1
2nd: x
3rd: x+1
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Equation:
x-1+x+1 = 78
2x = 78
x = 39
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1st = x-1 = 77
2nd = x = 78
3rd = x+1 = 79
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by drk(1908) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x, x+2, x+4 b the 3 consecutive odd integers.
From the given, we get
x+ (x+4) = 78
2x + 4 = 78
2x = 74
x = 37
So, we get
37, 39, 41.