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27 July, 23:00

Three consecutive natural numbers have a sum of 36. What is the greatest number?

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  1. 27 July, 23:13
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    It's 12 because if you divide 36 by 3 (consecutive) it equals 12
  2. 27 July, 23:27
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    If you have three of them, they go in order: 2, 3, 4 and so on.

    If the lowest is X then the next two are x + 1 and x + 2.

    Though the question asks you to look for the highest, so I'll call that x, so the other two become "x - 1" and x - 2

    So if we add them up to get 36, we get:

    x + (x - 1) + (x - 2) = 36

    Solving for x:

    3x - 3 = 36

    3x = 39

    x = 13
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