Question

A. The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 135. What is the smallest of the three numbers?

B. The sum of three consecutive numbers is 78. What is the smallest of the three numbers?

C. The sum of three consecutive numbers is 87. What is the smallest of the three numbers?

Answer 1

A. Answer:43
135/3=45
45-2=43
45+2=47
43+45+47=135

B. Answer:25
78/3=26
26-1=25
26+1=27
25+26+27=78

C. Answer:28
87/3=29
29-1=28
29+1=30
28+29+30=87