The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 159.
what is the smallest of the three numbers ?

Since we don't know where to start, we can always give that a variable which in this case, it's X. Since we are finding the sum of three consecutive odd numbers, we will be skipping numbers so we can add 2 each time. Now, let's set up an equation.

Therefore, the smallest of our three consecutive integers is 51.

1 + (6 / x - 1)

step-by-step explanation:

divide using polynomial division.