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the sum of three consecutive numbers is sixty. what is the smallest of the three numbers?
\n" ); document.write( "1st: x-1
\n" ); document.write( "2nd: x
\n" ); document.write( "3rd: x+1
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "sum = 60
\n" ); document.write( "3x = 60
\n" ); document.write( "x = 20
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\n" ); document.write( "1st: 19
\n" ); document.write( "2nd: 20
\n" ); document.write( "3rd: 21
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