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Find three consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the first and the third is 26

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n, (n+2), (n+4) are the 3 consecutive odd integers. Now we have
n+ (n+4) = 26
2n+4 = 26
2n = 22
n = 11.
So now the numbers are n, (n+2), (n+4), or
11, 13, 15
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