SOLUTION: The sum of three numbers is 117. The second number is 3 times the third. The first number is 8 less than the third. What are the numbers?

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Question 1164403: The sum of three numbers is 117. The second number is 3 times the third. The first number is 8 less than the third. What are the numbers?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Write the expressions for each number exactly as described. Solve any formable equation. Finish.

Your finished results will be
NUMBER      VALUE
first        17
second       75
third        25
SUM         117

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