SOLUTION: The sum of three numbers is 104 . The second number is 3 times the third. The third number is 9 less than the first. What are the numbers?

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Question 972454: The sum of three numbers is 104
. The second number is 3
times the third. The third number is 9
less than the first. What are the numbers?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the numbers be A, B, and C.

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Substitute into first equation,




Then,


and
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