SOLUTION: Could someone please help me with this? Find 3 consecutive odd integers such that 5 times the middle one is 17 more than twice the sum of the smallest and largest ones

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Question 601248: Could someone please help me with this?
Find 3 consecutive odd integers such that 5 times the middle one is 17 more than twice the sum of the smallest and largest ones
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let the numbers be x, x+2,x+4
5 times middle DISABLED_event_one= 5(x+2)
twice the sum of largest and smallest
2(x+x+4) = 2(2x+4)= 4x+8
5(x+2) -17 = 4x+8
5x+10-17=4x+8
5x-4x=8+7
x=15
the numbers are 15,17,19