SOLUTION: The sum of the digits of a three-digit number is 15. The ones digit is one less than the tens digit. The hundreds digit is two less than the tens digit. What is the number.
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Question 730791: The sum of the digits of a three-digit number is 15. The ones digit is one less than the tens digit. The hundreds digit is two less than the tens digit. What is the number. Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The sum of the digits of a three-digit number is 15. The ones digit is one less than the tens digit. The hundreds digit is two less than the tens digit. What is the number.
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let u=units digit
let t=tens digit
let h=hundreds digit
..
u=t-1
h=t-2
u+t+h=15
t-1+t+t-2=15
3t=18
t=6
h=t-2=4
u=t-1=5
number:100h++10t+u=400+60+5=465
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