Question

The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is one hundred thirty five . What is the smallest of the three numbers?

Answer 1

135=a+b+c
start with 35, an easy number to work with. 
35=a
100=b+c
what two odd numbers add up to 100? 49 and 51
35 would be the smallest. Btw there are alot of answers to this, this is only one possible solution