Find three consecutive postitive odd integers, such that the sum of the second and third is twenty three more than three times the first.

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asked Jun 13, 2018 137k views

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Span · Answer 1 · 2018-06-18T13:21:13+0000

If

is the first integer, then the other two are
x+2

and

.

You then want to find

such that

$(x+2)+(x+4)=23+3x\implies -17=x$

but this number is not positive, so there is no solution.