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

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Question 567206: find three consecutive odd integers such that three times the middle integer is one more than the sum of the first and the third
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let the 3 consequtive odd integers be x,x+2,x+4
3(x+2)= x+x+4 +1
3x+6 = 2x+5
3x-2x=5-6
x=-1
the integers are -1,1,3