Answer:
23 is the smallest number
Step-by-step explanation:
Three consecutive numbers are numbers that come in a row. So if the first number is n then the next is n+1 and the following is n+2.
All together they add to 72.
So n + n+1 +n +2 = 72.
3n + 3 = 72
3n = 69
n = 23
