SOLUTION: The sum of three numbers is 16. One of the numbers is 2 more than twice a second number, amd 2 less than the third number. Find the numbers.
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Question 137893: The sum of three numbers is 16. One of the numbers is 2 more than twice a second number, amd 2 less than the third number. Find the numbers.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the numbers a, b, nd c.
Now solve for b and c in terms of a
and
The numbers are 6, 2, and 8
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