What are the three consecutive odd integers with a sum of 117?
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Explanation:
Let's call the three conscutive numbers
It can be rewritten as
Explanation:
Generally we can express an odd integer as follows
The next two consecutive odd integers would be
Proceed as follows
Now
The three number are
Explanation:
Let
Then by definition
So
The next number
So every second number will be odd.
Let the first number be
Let the second number be
Let the third number be
So we now have
So the first value is
So the numbers are
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Let the middle number be
Thus the first number is
Thus the last number is
The sum of these numbers is:
Thus the three number are