SOLUTION: The sum of three electric currents is 4.65 A. The greatest current is 4 times the least. The third current is 0.75 A greater than the least. Find the three currents.

Question 850819: The sum of three electric currents is 4.65 A. The greatest current is 4 times the least. The third current is 0.75 A greater than the least. Find the three currents.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the three currents be L (least), G (greatest), and M (middle).
1.
2.
3.
Substitute eqs.2 and 3 into eq. 1,

Then,

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