The sum of 3 consecutive integers is 18. What is the largest of them?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 7
- Step 1: If the smallest is x, the sum is 3x + 3 = 18.
- Step 2: So x = 5 and the largest is 5 + 2 = 7.
Answer
7.
Why not the others: 5 is the smallest; 6 is the middle value or mean; 8 is the number after the largest.
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