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The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 51. What is the smallest of these numbers?

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51/3 = 17

17 becomes the middle number now take the odd number below 17 , which is 15 and the odd number above 17, which is 19


those are the 3 odd numbers 15 +17+ 19 = 51

the smallest number is 15

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