document.write( "Question 1053527: Find three consecutive natural numbers such that the sum of the first and second is 15 more than the
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Algebra.Com's Answer #668741 by Fombitz(32388) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let the numbers be $\"N-1\"$ , $\"N\"$ , and $\"N%2B1\"$ .
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"2N-1=N%2B16\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"N=17\"$
\n" ); document.write( "So the numbers are 16,17, and 18.\r
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