How do you find four consecutive odd integers whose sum is 8?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-05T16:48:37

The integers are: $color(green)(-1, color(green)(1, color(green)(3 , color(green)(5$

Four consecutive odd numbers can be denoted as:
$x, (x+2), (x+4)$ and $(x+6)$

$x + (x+2) + (x+4) + (x+6)=8$

$4x+12=8$

$4x=8-12$

$4x=-4$

$x=-4/4$

$x=-1$

The integers are:
$x; color(green)(-1$

$(x+2); color(green)(1$

$(x+4), color(green)(3$ and

$(x+6); color(green)(5$