How to align 3 divs (left/center/right) inside another div?

Question

I want to have 3 divs aligned inside a container div, something like this:

[[LEFT]       [CENTER]        [RIGHT]]

Container div is 100% wid

Answer 1

possible answer, if you want to keep the order of the html and not use flex.

HTML

  

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    watsup
  

CSS

.a {
  width: 500px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  border: 1px solid red;
  position: relative;
  display: table;
}

.c {
  display: table-cell;
  width:33%;
}

.d {
  text-align: right;
}

.e {
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  display: inline;
  width: auto;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
}

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