Question

what do this mean: two times the least of three consecutive odd integers exceeds three times greatest by 15. what are the integers

Answer 1

we want 3 integers in a row that are odd (like 3, 5, 7 or -21, -29, -17), and we want two times the least of those integers to be greater than 3 times the greatest of those integers by 15.

lets call the least of the three integers we are looking for n

then the greatest of the three integers is n+4

so we need.

2n-3(n+4) = 15

can you solve from here?