3 postitive whole numbers have a mean of 6. What is the greatest possible range of the numbers?

15: (x+y+z)/3 = 6 so, x+y+z = 18.Range = highest number - lowest number. For the max range, at least 1 of the numbers must be 1. 1,1,16. 16-1 = 15

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