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Question 50167: I am thinking of three consecutive positive numbers. if I mulitiply the first with the third and then add the second, the result is 144. let x be the smallest number Answer by darq(90) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! if x is 10 sum becomes 131
if x is 11 sum becomes 155
so there is no number that you can give as a solution; because if you are talking about a positive consecutive number there isn't
