document.write( "Question 1186958: what are the three consecutive numbers that add up to 258 ? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let the three numbers be n-1, n, and n+1\r
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document.write( "Then 3n = 258 and n = 86 so the three numbers are 85,86,87 \n" );
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