Answer: 174
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's define the notation:
U = units digit
T = tens digit
H = hundreds digit.
Where the number is HTU.
We know that:
T = U + 3
"UTH" - "HTU" = 297.
"TU" = "HTU"/2 - 13.
First, let's wrote this correctly, and make a system of equations:
T = U + 3.
U*100 + T*10 + H - H*100 - T*10 - U = (U - H)*99 = 297.
T*10 + U = (H*100 + T*10 + U)/2 - 13 = H*50 + T*5 + U*0.5 - 13
Then we have the system of equations:
T = U + 3.
(U - H)*99 = 297
T*10 + U = H*50 + T*5 + U*0.5 - 13.
First, we can replace the first equation into the third one, so now we have only two variables.
(U - H)*99 = 297
(U +3)*10 + U = H*50 + (U + 3)*5 + U*0.5 - 13.
Now we can isolate H in the first equation and get:
(U - H) = 297/99
H = -297/99 + U.
Now we can replace it into the other equation:
(U +3)*10 + U = (-297/99 + U)*50 + (U + 3)*5 + U*0.5 - 13.
Now let's solve this for U.
U*10 + 30 + U = U*50 -150 + 5*U + 15 + U*0.5 - 13
11*U + 30 = U*(50 + 5 + 0.5) - 148
30 +148 = U*(55.5 - 11) = U*44.5
U = 178/44.5 = 4.
Then using the previous equations:
T = U + 3 = 4 + 3 = 7
H = -3 + U = -3 + 4 = 1.
Then our number is:
174.