SOLUTION: Find three consecutive odd integers so that four times the first number added to the second number is 57

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Question 834255: Find three consecutive odd integers so that four times the first number added to the second number is 57
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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consecutive odd integers: (x-2), x, (x+2)

4(x-2) + x = 57
4x - 8 + x = 57
5x - 8 = 57
5x = 65
x = 13

integers: 11, 13, 15