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prealgebra junior

Problem

Three positive integers are equally spaced on a number line. The middle number is and the largest number is times the smallest number. What is the smallest of these three numbers?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Let the smallest number be It follows that the largest number is Since and are equally spaced on a number line, we have
Final answer
C