document.write( "Question 945054: the sum of three consecutive numbers is 56. the second is five less than the first and the third is 15 more than the smallest. find the three numbers. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #854637 by MathTherapy(10849)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "the sum of three consecutive numbers is 56. the second is five less than the first and the third is 15 more than the\r\n" );
document.write( "smallest. find the three numbers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In all of the years spent studying mathematics, this author has NEVER heard of 3 consecutive numbers, in which the middle number \r\n" );
document.write( "is 5 greater than the smallest number, and the largest number, is 15 greater than the middle number. How CRAZY is this!!\r\n" );
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document.write( "This author KNOWS, as most do, that CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS are in a SEQUENCE or PATTERN where each number in the sequence\r\n" );
document.write( "is SEPARATED by the SAME NUMBER. In other words, the difference between each number in a CONSECUTIVE sequence, is EXACTLY\r\n" );
document.write( "the SAME, 1. Or, ALL numbers are EQUALLY-SPACED, as in: 1,2,3,4,5, etc. or 16,17,18,19, etc. For consecutive ODD/EVEN numbers,\r\n" );
document.write( "each number increases by 2, or each number in such SEQUENCE differs by 2. Nonetheless, each is EVENLY-SPACED.\r\n" );
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document.write( "How/Why then, can/does a person state that \"system%2810%261%2F3%2C+15%261%2F3%2C+and%2C+30%261%2F3%29\" are consecutive? Isn't this a CLEAR indication that something is wrong with\r\n" );
document.write( "the problem, if these are the numbers, when solved? RIDICULOUS!!
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