I am a three-digit number. My second digit is four times my third digit, and my first digit is three less than my second digit. What number am I?
582
Let the third digit be x. The second digit is 4x. The first digit is 4x - 3. If x = 2, third digit is 2, second is 8, first is 5. Thus, 582.
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