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Find three consecutive odd integers such that six times the second decreased by twice the first is equal to twenty more than the sum of the second and third

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let
x--------> the first odd integer
x+2-----> the second odd integer
x+4-----> the third odd integer

we know that
6(x+2)-2x=20+(x+2)+(x+4)
6x+12-2x=26+2x
4x-2x=26-12
2x=14
x=7

the answer is
the numbers are
7, 9 and 11
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