I have three active digits. The third digit is the sum of the first two. The second digit is three times the first. The first digit is half of four. What number am I?
268
First digit = half of 4, which is 2. Second digit = 3 times the first, which is 3 * 2 = 6. Third digit = sum of the first two, which is 2 + 6 = 8. Putting them together gives 268.
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