Question

Please help me this is confusing
"The sum of three consecutive numbers is eighty - four.
What is the smallest of the three numbers?"

Answer 1

do you know what "consecutive" means?

Answer 2

No 😳 if u do can u help me understand the word consecutive

Answer 3

it means one after another
like 5, 6,7
or 20,21,22

Answer 4

your teacher wants you to write
\[n+n+1+n+2=84\] and solve that
i wouldn't do the algebra, i would guess and check
for example \[28+29+30=87\] so that is too big

Answer 5

Oh ok

Answer 6

try \[27+28+29\]

Answer 7

Ok