## anonymous one year ago The product of three consecutive whole numbers is 990. What is the sum of the three whole numbers ? A. 30 B. 33 C. 63 D. 96

1. misty1212

HI!!

2. misty1212

do you know what "consecutive" means in this question ?

3. misty1212

maybe?

4. anonymous

No not really @misty1212

5. misty1212

one after another like say $$10,11,12$$ are consecutive so lets find the three numbers ok?

6. anonymous

Okay

7. anonymous

How doe ?

8. misty1212

pick three numbers and multiply them together, see if you get 990

9. misty1212

since it ends in a zero, one of them is probably 10

10. anonymous

Any numbers ?

11. misty1212

so we can try $10\times 11\times 12$ and see if it works no, not any numbers, CONSECUTIVE numbers

12. anonymous

Yea that's wat I mean any pair of consecutive numbers

13. misty1212

$10\times 11\times 12=1230$ too but, not right have to go smaller

14. misty1212

it is 3 numbers, not a pair

15. anonymous

U know wat I mean

16. anonymous

9 x 10 x 11 = 990

17. misty1212

ok got it on the second try good now add them up!

18. misty1212

$9+10+11=?$]

19. anonymous

30

20. anonymous

Oohhh I get it thanks so much @misty1212

21. misty1212

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