I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is 5 more than my units digit, and my hundreds digit is 8 less than my tens digit. What number am I?
194
Let units digit be u. Tens digit is u + 5. Hundreds digit is (u + 5) - 8 = u - 3. If u = 4, units = 4, tens = 9, hundreds = 1, giving 194.
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