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

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Question 913805: Find three consecutive odd integers such that four times the middle integer is two more than the sum of the first and third
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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consecutive odd numbers: (x-2), x, (x+2)

4x = 2 + (x-2) + (x+2)
4x = 2x + 2
2x = 2
x = 1

The numbers are -1, 1, and 3.