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Question 153784: the numbers on karl's three raffle tickets are consecutive integers. the sum of the numbers is 138. what are the numbers?
please and thank you
: the numbers on karl's three raffle tickets are consecutive integers. the sum of the numbers is 138. what are the numbers?
please and thank you

Answer by orca(336) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the three consecutive integers be x-1,x,x+1.
their sum is:
x-1 + x + x+1
Setting it equal to 138, we have
x-1 + x + x+1 = 138
Solving for x, we have
3x = 138
x = 46
So the three consecutive numbers are 45,46,47.