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The largest or greatest number is 27.

The other two numbers are 23 and 25.

Explanation:
Let's call the largest odd number
x
because this is what we are solving for.

If
x
is the largest odd number and these are consecutive odd numbers we must subtract
2
and
4
from
x
to get all three consecutive odd numbers.

So, the three consecutive odd numbers are:


x

4
,
x

2
and
x
.

We know their sum, or adding them together, is


75
so we can write and solve for
x
:

(
x

4
)
+
(
x

2
)
+
x
=
75

x

4
+
x

2
+
x
=
75

x
+
x
+
x

4

2
=
75

3
x

6
=
75

3
x

6
+
6
=
75
+
6

3
x
=
81

(3x)/3 = 81/3#

x
=
27

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