document.write( "Question 1144968: The average of three unequal positive whole numbers is 10. What is the largest possible value that any of those numbers can have ? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The largest possible value, under the given conditions, is  27.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is achieved for THIS set of integer positive numbers {1, 2, 27}.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.   The largest possible value that any of those numbers can have is 27.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To get the answer, it is clear, that the two other numbers must be as small as it is possible, under the condition.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thinking in this way,  you immediately obtain the equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "      = 10\r\n" );
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document.write( "from which you immediately obtain the solution  x = 27.\r\n" );
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