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Question 339971: what are the first three number consetive whole number whose sum exceedb 1000
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, what are 3 consecutive numbers that are either
equal to or slightly less than 1000?
Call the numbers ,,.





With , the consecutive numbers would be
, , and

This is less than . The next 3 consecutive numbers
that exceeds is
, , and

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