SOLUTION: Find 3 consecutive numbers whose sum is 126

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Question 62201: Find 3 consecutive numbers whose sum is 126
Answer by hotrodd(18) About Me  (Show Source):
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(x) + (x + 1) + (x + 2) = 126
we first made an equation to fit the problem. Do you see how each parenthesis is a number and how they are consecutive?
Then we combine like terms.
3x + 3 = 126
Subtract each side by 3
3x = 123
Divide each side by 3
x = 41
SO YOUR ANSWER IS 41, 42, 43