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

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Question 722471: Find three consecutive odd integers such that three times the middle integer is seven more than the sum of the first and third integer
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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consecutive odd integers: (x-2), x, (x+2)

3x = 7 + (x-2) + (x+2)
3x = 7 + 2x
x = 7

integers: 5, 7, 9