SOLUTION: In a list of consuctive odd integers, three times the first number is equal to three more than twice the third number. Find the third number?

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Question 760178: In a list of consuctive odd integers, three times the first number is equal to three more than twice the third number. Find the third number?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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consecutive odd integers: (x-2), x, (x+2)

3(x-2) = 3 + 2(x + 2)
3x - 6 = 2x + 7
x = 13

The integers are 11, 13, and 15.