SOLUTION: what are the three consecutive numbers that add up to 258 ?

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Question 1186958: what are the three consecutive numbers that add up to 258 ?
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Let the three numbers be n-1, n, and n+1
Then 3n = 258 and n = 86 so the three numbers are 85,86,87