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A mystery number is subtracted from 500. The answer has three consecutive digits and the digits of the answer add to 12. What is the mystery number?
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The lady's correct.
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document.write( "Unless other SPECIFIC clues are given, the result, after the subtraction from 500, could be one of 6 different numbers: 345, 543, 534, 453, 435, or 354.
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document.write( "This makes the \"mystery\" number: 
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