Question

The digits of a certain three-digit number are consecutive odd numbers. If the sum of the digits is 15, find the number.

Answer 1

The answer is 5 because it is consecutive 3 times and it is an odd number

Answer 2

Let the digits of the 3 digit number be
`x-2,x,x+2`. where
`x` is an integer greater than 1. It is given that the sum of the 3 digits is 15. Hence,

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Thus the digits are
`3,5,7`.

Therefore, the number is
`357`.

We assume that the digits of the number is increasing from the 100th place.