Question

Three consecutive odd numbers total -144. What are the three numbers?

Answer 1

Well... mostly these kind of questions are given with a positive number and not a negative... but let's just do it
The question marks that they are three consecutive odd numbers....
Lettuce take the mid odd number to be `x`
Then the smallest odd number would be `x-2`
Then the largest odd number would be `x+2`
Now put all these in one equation
`x-cancel2+x+x+cancel2=-104`
`3x=-104`
`x=-104/3`
`color(red)(x=-34.bar6`

Then
`color(red)(x-2=-34.bar6-2=>x-2=36.bar6`

Then
`color(red)(x+2=-34.bar6+2=>32.bar6`

The numbers are
`-34.bar6`
`-32.bar6`
`-36.bar6`
Only if the question asked for negative... it you asked for positive `104`... then all the three numbers would be positive