Question

Of three consecutive natural numbers, five times the smallest number is 9 more than four times the greatest number, find the number

Answer 1

Let numbers be x-1, x and x+1

We are given,

5(x-1) = 4(x+1) + 9

5x -5 = 4x + 13

x = 18

Hence, Numbers are 17,18 and 19