SOLUTION: Find three consecutive odd intergers such that the sum of the first and second is equal to 23 less than the third

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Question 756101: Find three consecutive odd intergers such that the sum of the first and second is equal to 23 less than the third
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Answer by tommyt3rd(5050) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find three consecutive odd integers: n+(n+2)+(n+4)
such that the sum of the first and second is equal to 23 less than the third:
n+(n+2)=(n+4)-23

2n+2=n-19
n=-21



numbers:

-21, -19, -17

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Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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So what's an interger? I know what an integer is, and can solve the problem presuming that's what you meant.

Let represent the first of three consecutive integers, then the second must be and the third, .

We are told that:



Solve for , then calculate and

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