document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=766646>Question 766646</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of three numbers is 62  . The first number is 10 more than the second . The third number is 2 times the first. What are the numbers?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 10 = the first number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x + 10) = the third number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + x + 10 + 2(x + 10) = 62 {sum of the three numbers is 62}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + x + 10 + 2x + 20 = 62 {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x + 30 = 62 {combined like terms}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 32 {subtracted 30 from each side}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 8 {divided each side by 4}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 10 = 18 {substituted 8, in for x, into x + 10}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x + 10) = 36 {substituted 8, in for x, into 2(x + 10)}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "first number is 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "second number is 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "third number is 36<BR>\n" );
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