document.write( "Question 882546: The sum of three numbers is 121. The third number is 4 times the first. The first number is 5 more than the second. What are the numbers ? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "the second number = x\r\n" );
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document.write( "The first number = x+5\r\n" );
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document.write( "The third number = 4(x+5)\r\n" );
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document.write( "x + x+5 + 4(x+5) = 121\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve and get x = 16\r\n" );
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document.write( "The first number = x+5 = 16+5 = 21\r\n" );
document.write( "The second number = x = 16\r\n" );
document.write( "The third number = 4(x+5) = 4(16+5) = 4(21) = 84\r\n" );
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