SOLUTION: find four consecutive odd numbers such that four times the second is decrteased by twice the fourth is 78.

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Question 894069: find four consecutive odd numbers such that four times the second is decrteased by twice the fourth is 78.
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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consecutive odd numbers: x, (x+2), (x+4), (x+6)

4(x+2) - 2(x+6) = 78
4x+8 - 2x-12 = 78
2x = 82
x = 41

The integers are 41, 43, 45, and 47.