SOLUTION: The sum of three numbers is 108. The first number is 8 less than the second. The third number is 3 times the first. What are the three numbers?
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Question 847164: The sum of three numbers is 108. The first number is 8 less than the second. The third number is 3 times the first. What are the three numbers?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
Let x be the variable.
(x-8)+ x + 3(x-8) = 108
x-8 + x + 3x-24 = 108
5x=140
x=28
So now we know the numbers are:
20
28
60
Make sense?
RJ
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