document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=748156>Question 748156</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of three numbers is 60. The second is five less than the first, the third is half the second, what are the numbers? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "B=A-5 --> A=B+5  ....(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=1/2B           ....(2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A+B+C=60 = (B+5)+B+(1/2B)=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2B+1/2B=55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5/2B=55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B=55x2/5=22\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As B is 22, so A is B+5=27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=22x1/2=11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so they are 27,22,11 </SPAN>\n" );
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