SOLUTION: Three consecutive natural numbers have a sum of 36. What is the the greatest?
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Question 934600: Three consecutive natural numbers have a sum of 36. What is the the greatest?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
hint: solve the following for x
( x ) + (x + 1) + (x+2) = 36
Once you have the value of x, use it to compute x+2.
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