A hard math riddle
I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is 5 more than my ones digit, and my hundreds digit is 8 less than my tens digit. What number am I?
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The tens digit must be as big as it can be.
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194
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The answer is 194. The tens digit must be as big as it can be.
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