Question

Three consecutive natural numbers have a sum of 30.

What is the least number?

Answer 1

Let, the numbers are: x, x+1, x+2
It is given that, x + x+1 + x+2 = 30
3x + 3 = 30
3x = 30-3
x = 27/3
x = 9

So, the least number is 9

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