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Question 807810: sum of three consecutive numbers is 120. Find the middle one?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the numbers be x,x+1,x+2
x+x+1+x+2=120
3x+3=120
/3
x+1=40
x=39
39,40,41
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