Question

Math Puzzle, can someone help figure this out?
The sum of three numbers is 65. The third number minus the second number is one less than the first number. The first number plus the second number is one more than the third number.

Answer 1

Represent the 3 unknown numbers with letters, as by x, y and z. Write equations that show how these quantities x, y and z are related to each other. Solve your system of equations.

Example: the sum of 3 numbers is 65: x+y+z=65