Here's one exactly like it that you can use as a guide to solve yours. I'm just changing your 192 to 40. x+y+z=40 x=y+z x=4z Notice that the first two equations both have (y+z) I'll put them in parentheses to make it clear: x+(y+z)=40 x=(y+z) x=4z Since the second equation tells us that (y+z)=x, we can substitute x for (y+z) in the first equation: x+(x)=40 2x=40 x=20 Then substitute 20 for x in x=4z 20=4z 5=z Finally substitute x=20 and z=5 in x=(y+z) 20=(y+5) 20=y+5 15=y Now do yours exactly the same way. {Yours will have bigger numbers because 192 is bigger than 40 Edwin