SOLUTION: Translate sentence into mathematical symbol: " The third number is three more than the 2nd number and the first number is 1 less than the third number. Represent the three numbers.

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Question 628774: Translate sentence into mathematical symbol: " The third number is three more than the 2nd number and the first number is 1 less than the third number. Represent the three numbers.
Answer by graphmatics(170)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the third number then tne 3 numbers are x-1,x-2,x.
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