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Identify the unknowns. Three consecutive odd integers will be x, x + 2 and x + 4
Set up the equation with the information you know.
Three times the second is 3 times (x + 2) which equals 3x + 6
Twice the third is 2 times (x + 4) which equals 2x + 8
The second is 9 more than the third so if we add 9 to the third, they will be equal.
3x + 6 = 2x + 8 + 9
Solve for x
3x + 6 = 2x + 17
3x = 2x + 11
x = 11
Always check your work. We think that the three integers are 11, 13 and 15
3 x 13 should be 9 more than 2 x 15
Since 39 is 9 more than 30, we got it right.
The answer asked for (the smallest integer) is 11.
24. The second is 26.
Let the smallest integer be x. Since the consecutive even integers differ by 2, we havex + 2(x + 2) = (x + 4) + 203x + 4 = x + 24 (subtract x and 4 from both sides)3x - x - 4 + 4 = x - x - 4 + 242x = 20 (divide by 2 to both sides)x = 10Thus, the three consecutive even integers are 10, 12, and 14.
Their sum is 99.
The let statement is: let the smallest of the three integers be x.
Let's call the smallest of the consecutive odd integers x. Then the other ones are x+2 and x+4 respectively, and your equation becomes 4*(x+x+2)+7 = 7*(x+4) which is equivalent to 8x+15=7x+28 or x=13, so the consecutive integers you're looking for are 13, 15 and 17.
24. The second is 26.
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I assume you mean what are the two consecutive integers. Algebraically; X = integers.X + (X + 1) = 2752X + 1 = 2752X = 274X = 137============solution setorSince the consecutive integers differ by 1, then the first number is 274/2 = 137, so the second one is 1 more, 138.
Let the smallest integer be x. Since the consecutive even integers differ by 2, we havex + 2(x + 2) = (x + 4) + 203x + 4 = x + 24 (subtract x and 4 from both sides)3x - x - 4 + 4 = x - x - 4 + 242x = 20 (divide by 2 to both sides)x = 10Thus, the three consecutive even integers are 10, 12, and 14.
Their sum is 99.
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The let statement is: let the smallest of the three integers be x.
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Since we know that the integers are even and consecutive, we can call them x, x+2, x+4, and x+6, with x being the smallest of the four. twice the sum of the second and third can be written as 2(x+2+x+4)=4x+12 the sum of the first and fourth increased by 14 is x+x+6+14=2x+20 Then we can solve 4x+12=2x+20-->2x=8-->x=4 4
Let's call the smallest of the consecutive odd integers x. Then the other ones are x+2 and x+4 respectively, and your equation becomes 4*(x+x+2)+7 = 7*(x+4) which is equivalent to 8x+15=7x+28 or x=13, so the consecutive integers you're looking for are 13, 15 and 17.
Technically, there is no such thing as "the smallest number" since we can go into negative numbers and they go on forever. But if we are talking about positive integers, then the smallest would be 1 1 plus zero equals one. The second smallest would be 2 2 plus 1 equals 3