document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1030513>Question 1030513</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of three integers is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "397.  The sum of the first and second integers exceeds the third by <BR>\n" );
document.write( "35.  The third integer is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 less than the first.  Find the three integers.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a + b + c = 397<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The sum of the first and second integers exceeds the third by 35.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + b = c + 35<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The third integer is 5 less than the first.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = a - 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Replace c with (a-5) in the 1st and the 2nd equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + b + (a-5) = 397<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2a + b = 397 + 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2a + b = 402<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + b = (a-5) + 35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a - a + b = 35 -5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 30<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the equation 2a +b = 402, replace b with 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2a + 30 = 402<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2a = 372<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 372/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 186<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 186 - 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 181<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check this in the first equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "186 + 30 + 181 = 397<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Find the three integers. 186, 30, 181 </SPAN>\n" );
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