The sum of three consecutive odd integers is 351, how do you find the three integers?
2 Answers
May 4, 2018
I got:
Explanation:
let us call our integers:
we get:
rearrange:
so that:
our integers will then be:
May 4, 2018
115, 117 & 119
Explanation:
We can represent the three integers by using the variable
1st odd integer
2nd odd integer
3rd odd integer
The sum means we need to add
Combine like terms
Use additive inverse to isolate the variable term
Use the multiplicative inverse to isolate the variable