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The sum of three consecutive natural numbers is 96

User Mark Drago
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We can made a equation to find the numbers so:


x+(x+1)+(x+2)=96

and we solve for x so:


\begin{gathered} 3x+3=96 \\ 3x=96-3 \\ x=(93)/(3) \\ x=31 \end{gathered}

So the 3 numbers are:


31,32\text{ and 33}

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