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  Linear equation with one variable

  Posted by Rahul on June 24, 2023 at 5:45 am

  Question 1 –

  The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 27. Find the numbers.

  • This discussion was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by  Rahul.

  Anagha Babu replied 1 year, 9 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Tejashwini Chettipelli

  Member

  June 24, 2023 at 10:43 am

  Given that sum of three consecutive odd numbers sum is 27

  let us suppose consider an odd number as x

  then its next consecutive odd number becomes x+2

  the other consecutive odd number is x+4

  we can write it as x+(x+2)+(x+4)=27

  3x+6=27

  subtract 6 from both sides

  3x+6-6=27-6

  3x=21

  x=21/3

  x=7

  Now x+2=7+2=9

  Now x+2=7+4=11

  Therefore the numbers are 7,9,11.

  • This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by  Tejashwini Chettipelli.
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  Anagha Babu

  Member

  June 24, 2023 at 12:05 pm

  Let x be a odd number.

  Let x-2,x,x+2 be the three odd consecutive numbers corresponding to x .

  Given that the sum of three odd consecutive numbers is equal to 27

  That is ,

  (x-2)+x+(x+2) =27

  3x=27

  x=9

  Therefore the three odd consecutive numbers are 7,9,11

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