SOLUTION: The sum of three numbers is . The first number is more than the second . The third number is times the second. What are the numbers?

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Question 538443: The sum of three numbers is . The first number is more than the second . The third number is times the second. What are the numbers?

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You didn't bother to share the exact relationships, so we'll just have to assign those relationships to variables and see what develops.

Let represent the first number, represent the second number, and represent the third number. Further, let represent the sum of the three numbers, let represent the amount by which the first number is greater than the second, and the represent the factor by which the third number exceeds the second. Then:





and



Substituting from equation 2 and 3 into 1:



A little Algebra music...





Then



and






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