document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=513518>Question 513518</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the sum of three numbers is 45. one number is five more than the second number. it is also twice the third. find the numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let 1st number be F<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then second = F – 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Also, third = ½F\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We then have: F + F – 5 + ½F = 45 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2½F – 5 = 45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2½F = 45 + 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2½F = 50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5F/2 = 50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5F = 100 ----- Cross-multiplying   <BR>\n" );
document.write( "F, or 1st number = 100/5, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2820%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2820%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2nd number = F – 5, or 20 – 5, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2815%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2815%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3rd number = ½F, or ½(20), or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2810%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2810%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First + second + third = 45\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20 + 15 + 10 = 45 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "45 = 45 (TRUE)\r<BR>\n" );
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