SOLUTION: the united states has fought in three major wars in modern times: ww2, the korean war, and the Vietnam war. if you sum the years that each conflict ended the result is 5871. The vi

Question 814402: the united states has fought in three major wars in modern times: ww2, the korean war, and the Vietnam war. if you sum the years that each conflict ended the result is 5871. The vietnam war ended 20 years after the korean war and 28 years after ww2. what year did each end?
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
w + k + v = 5871
v - k = 20
v - w = 28
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v - k = 20
k = v - 20
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v - w = 28
w = v - 28
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v = 20 + k = v = 28 + w
20 + k = 28 + w
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w + k + v = 5871
(v - 28) + (v - 20) + v = 5871
v - 28 + v - 20 + v = 5871
3v = 5919
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Answer:
v = 1973
k = 1953
w = 1945
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