SOLUTION: the sum of three numbers is 65. One number is ten more than a second number. It is also twice the third. Find the numbers

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Question 978378: the sum of three numbers is 65. One number is ten more than a second number. It is also twice the third. Find the numbers

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let one number be , second number , and third number
given:
the sum of three numbers is :
One number is ten more than a second number: =>
It is also twice the third: =>
so, we have:
.........solve for







find other two numbers:
=>=>
=>=>
so, your three numbers are: ,, and



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