<PRE><B>Question 1165199</B>
3 consecutive odd integers can be represented by x + (x + 2) + (x + 4), since the next odd number is always 2 more than the previous odd number.
you get x + (x + 2) + (x + 4) = 27
simplify to get:
3x + 6 = 27
subtract 6 from both sides of the equation to get:
3x = 21
solve for x to get:
x = 7
the 3 consecutive odd integers are 7, 9, 11.
add them up and they total up to 27, as was previously given.
multiply the largest and smallest of those integers to get 77.
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