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'x' can't represent an odd integer, simply because 'x' is not always odd.
If you can guarantee that 'x' is odd, then the previous odd number is (x-2),
and the next one is (x+2).
The smallest number that MUST be odd for ANY value of 'x' is (2x-1).
The smallest two consecutive odd integers for any value of 'x' are (2x-1) and (2x+1).
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You can use the same expressions to represent either consecutive odd or consecutive even integers?
Consecutive odd and even integers are both 2 apart. That is the reason we use the same denotation to represent them in an equation. x and x+2
The product of what two consecutive odd integers is 255?
15 x 17
If the sum of two consecutive even integers is 124 What are the integers?
No two consecutive EVEN integers sum to 124 since: Let x be the lowest of the two integers. Then the other integer is x+2 and x + (x+2) = 124 iff 2x = 122 iff x=61, an odd integer.
Find two consecutive integers such that the sum of the smaller and 3 times the larger is 330?
x + 3(x +1) = 330 4x = 327 which doesn't give an answer in integers. If question should read "consecutive ODD integers" the answer would be 81 and 83.
The sum of four consecutive odd integers is 200 find these integers?
Let the first integer be x. Since the integers are consecutive odds we know that the integers are x, x+2, x+4,and x+6. Since the sum of all of these is 200 we can set up the equation:4x+12 = 200. Solving we get x=47. Therefore the integers are 47, 49, 51, and 53.
