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Prove deductively that for any three consecutive odd integers, one of them is divisible by 3

Prove deductively that for any three consecutive odd integers, one of them is divisible by 3

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Any odd integer can be represented by 2n+1 so I use this... Other consecutive odd integers make by adding 2 and 4

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