Problema Solution
Given 3 consecutive odd integers. The sum of the largest two odd integers is 85 less than the smallest. Find all 3 odd integers.
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From the question we can write:
integer 1 = x
integer 2 = x+2
integer 3 = x+4
(x+2)+(x+4)= x -85
Using Algebrator to solve for x, we get:
integer 1 = x = -91
integer 2 = x+2 = -89
integer 3 = x+4 = -87