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10. The sum of three consecutive integers is 45. What are the three integers?

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Answer:

14, 15, 16

Explanation:

The consecutive integers iincrease by 1. So the middle integer of an odd number of consecutive integers is their mean. Three is an odd number of integers.

45:3 = 15 ← middle number

15 - 1 = 14 ← the smallest number

15 + 1 = 16 ← the largest number

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