Question 153784: the numbers on karl's three raffle tickets are consecutive integers. the sum of the numbers is 138. what are the numbers?
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Answer by orca(409)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the three consecutive integers be x-1,x,x+1.
their sum is:
x-1 + x + x+1
Setting it equal to 138, we have
x-1 + x + x+1 = 138
Solving for x, we have
3x = 138
x = 46
So the three consecutive numbers are 45,46,47.
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