SOLUTION: find 3 consecutive odd integers whose sum is 573

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Question 260360: find 3 consecutive odd integers whose sum is 573
Answer by drk(1908) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let X, X+2, and X + 4 be the three consecutive odd integers.
We get
X+%2B+X%2B2+%2B+X+%2B+4+=+573
simplifying, we get
3X+%2B+6+=+573
subtracting 6 we get
3x++=+567
x+=+189
so, our three numbers are 189, 191, 193