The sum of three consecutive numbers is 138. What are the integers?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-14T19:25:56

The reqd. nos. are, #45,46,47#

If #x# is the first of three reqd. consecutive nos., then the

succeeding ones are, #x+1# , and, #x+2#.

By what is given, we have,

#x+(x+1)+(x+2)=138#

# rArr 3x+3=138#

# rArr 3x=138-3=135#

# rArr x=135/3=45#

Hence, the reqd. nos. are, #45,46,47#