Question 272880: find three consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the smallest and four times the largest is 61
Answer by JBarnum(2146)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! i love these type of problems its just a puzzle
you must know what 3 consecutive intergers are to understand how to do this. for example: consecutive odd numbers are 1,3,5,7,9... so if x=1 to get 3 we would have to add 2 to x so (x,x+2,x+4) are our 3 consecutive odd numbers.
"sum of the smallest and four times the largest is 61"
smallest is x and largest is x+4
 multiply
 add
 subtract
 divide
now solve for your numbers
(x,x+2,x+4)
(9,9+2,9+4)
(9,11,13)
  
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