SOLUTION: The sum of three numbers is 33. The first number is 3 less than the second, while the third is 3 more than the second. What are the numbers?
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Question 480443: The sum of three numbers is 33. The first number is 3 less than the second, while the third is 3 more than the second. What are the numbers? Answer by Aswathy(23) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x-3, x, x+3 be the 3 numbers.
Then their sum,
x-3+x+x+3=33
3x=33
x=11
x-3=8
x+3=14
The 3 numbers whose sum is 33 are 8, 11, and 14.
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