SOLUTION: seven times the sum of three consecutive odd integers is the same as 480 more than 3 times the largest integer. Find the integers. Please help me solve this

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Question 968486: seven times the sum of three consecutive odd integers is the same as 480 more than 3 times the largest integer. Find the integers. Please help me solve this
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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consecutive odd integers: (x-2), x, (x+2)

7((x-2) + x + (x+2)) = 3(x+2) + 480
7(3x) = 3x + 6 + 480
21x = 3x + 486
18x = 486
x = 27

The integers are 25, 27, and 29.