SOLUTION: The sum of three numbers is 20. The second number is 4 times the first, and the sum of the first and third is 8. Find the numbers,
How do you make these equations?
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Question 159311: The sum of three numbers is 20. The second number is 4 times the first, and the sum of the first and third is 8. Find the numbers,
How do you make these equations?
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
f="1st number", s="2nd number", and t="3rd number"
"The sum of three numbers is 20" __ f+s+t=20
"The second number is 4 times the first" __ s=4f
"the sum of the first and third is 8" __ f+t=8
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