Problema Solution
Find three consecutive numbers that when the sum of the first number +2 times the second number +3 times the third number is 290
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The three consecutive numbers can be written as: x, x+1, x+2, where x is an integer.
x + 2(x + 1) + 3(x + 2) = 290
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x = 47
47 + 1 = 48
47 + 2 = 49
Indeed,
47 + 2*48 + 3*49 = 290
The three consecutive numbers are 47, 48 and 49.