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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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If [tex]x[/tex] is the first integer, then the other two are [tex]x+2[/tex] and [tex]x+4[/tex].

You then want to find [tex]x[/tex] such that

[tex](x+2)+(x+4)=23+3x\implies -17=x[/tex]

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

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