SIUE MATH 112a

April 24, 2006

A mathematics student was working on an assignment but, being a bit absent-minded, he forgot whether he was to add or to multiply the 3 different positive integers on his paper.  He decided to do it both ways and , much to his surprise, the answer was the same.  What were the three different positive integers?

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