SOLUTION: five times the smallest of three consecutive odd integers is ten more than twice the largest. find the integers.

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Answer by Nate(3500) About Me  (Show Source):
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first integer = i
second integer = i + 2
third integer = i + 4
5i+=+2%28i+%2B+4%29+%2B+10
5i+=+2i+%2B+8+%2B+10
3i+=+18
i+=+6
first integer = i = 6
second integer = i + 2 = 8
third integer = i + 4 = 10
Since these are positive, no such integers exists.