document.write( "Question 403934: Given y is two times x, z is three times x, and x + y + 3z = 12. What are the values of x, y, and z ? \n" ); document.write( "
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Given y is two times x, z is three times x, and x + y + 3z = 12. What are the values of x, y, and z ?
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\n" ); document.write( "y = 2x
\n" ); document.write( "z = 3x
\n" ); document.write( "x + y + 3z = 12
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\n" ); document.write( "Substitutue and solve for \"x\":
\n" ); document.write( "x + 2x + 9x = 12
\n" ); document.write( "12x = 12
\n" ); document.write( "x = 1
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\n" ); document.write( "y = 2x = 2
\n" ); document.write( "z = 3x = 3
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\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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