SOLUTION: divide 91 into 3 with each part 5 times greater than the previous one?

Question 613311: divide 91 into 3 with each part 5 times greater than the previous one?
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, solver91311:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"divide 91 into 3 with each part 5 times greater than the previous one" means

x+5x+25x = 91

Solve this for x and use it to find the size of each part.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let represent the first of the three parts, then represents the second of the three parts, then represents the third of the three parts.

Solve for then calculate and . I would leave the answer in improper fraction form -- ugly, but not nearly as ugly as the decimal representation of a fraction with a denominator of 31.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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