SOLUTION: Three whole numbers add up to 149 and multiply to give 987. What is the largest of the three numbers?

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Question 1135925: Three whole numbers add up to 149 and multiply to give 987. What is the largest of the three numbers?
Answer by ikleyn(52787) About Me  (Show Source):
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Taking into account that  987 = 3*7*47  is the primary decomposition of the number  987, 


I can state that three such numbers satisfying the conditions of the post are 


    1, 7, and 3*47 = 141.

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