SOLUTION: THe product of three numbers is 54. The sum of the numbers is 14. What are the three numbers?

Question 1008109: THe product of three numbers is 54. The sum of the numbers is 14. What are the three numbers?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 3 unknowns but only 2 equations
It can't be solved directly
(1)
(2)
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I stared at it for a while, and I got:

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(1)
(1)
and
(2)
(2)
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Other than trying numbers to see
what works, I don't know any other
way to solve it. You might want
a 2nd opinion.
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