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Question 619071: Can someone help me to translate the following:
Find three consecutive odd integers such that 3 times the second minus the third is 11 more than the first?
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Hi,

Find three consecutive odd integershighlight%28x%29, highlight%28x%2B2%29, highlight%28x%2B4%29

such that 3 times the second minus the third is 11 more than the first?

 3(x+2) - (x+4) = x+11

 3x + 6 -x-4 = x + 11

    2x + 2 = x + 11

     x = 9 

  9, 11 , 13

CHECKING our Answer***

3·11 - 13 = 20