SOLUTION: The sum of three numbers is 7. One of the numbers is one more than the sum of the other two numbers. It is also four times the difference between the other two numbers. What is the

Question 1174511: The sum of three numbers is 7. One of the numbers is one more than the sum of the other two numbers. It is also four times the difference between the other two numbers. What is the smallest of the three numbers?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

EACH NUMBER
     1+m+n=4(n-m)
      m
      n
SUM  7

Use these to setup equations and solve.
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