Q: How many three-digit numbers are composed of three distinct digits such that one digit is the average of the other two?
A: 112 numbers
There are four numbers that end with zero that satisfy this condition: 120 240 360 and 480. Each of these numbers can only be rearranged four ways (as a leading zero is not allowed) making 16 combinations.
Each of the numbers below can be arranged into 6 distinct numbers. For example, 213 can be 123 132 213 231 312 321. Below are 16 numbers and each can be rearranged in 6 ways. Therefore there are 96 three-digit numbers that satisfy this condition that do not have a zero in it.
The total is 96 + 16 = 112.
213
315
324
417
426
435
519
528
537
546
639
648
657
759
768
897