document.write( "Question 1076106: The sum of three numbers is 145. The third number is 4 times more than the second number. The first number is 7 more than the second. What are the numbers \n" ); document.write( "
| Algebra.Com's Answer #690822 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)     You can put this solution on YOUR website! Three numbers: a, b, c \n" ); document.write( "write an equation for each statement \n" ); document.write( "\"The sum of three numbers is 145.\" \n" ); document.write( "a + b + c = 145 \n" ); document.write( " The third number is 4 times more the second number. \n" ); document.write( "c = 4b \n" ); document.write( " The first number is 7 more than the second. \n" ); document.write( "a = b + 7 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "In the first equation, replace a with (b+7); replace c with 4b \n" ); document.write( "(b+7) + b + 4b = 145 \n" ); document.write( "6b = 145 - 7 \n" ); document.write( "6b = 138 \n" ); document.write( "b = 138/6 \n" ); document.write( "b = 23 \n" ); document.write( "then \n" ); document.write( "a = 23 + 7 \n" ); document.write( "a = 30 \n" ); document.write( "and \n" ); document.write( "c = 4(23) \n" ); document.write( "c = 92 \n" ); document.write( "; \n" ); document.write( "; \n" ); document.write( "Check this \n" ); document.write( "30 + 23 + 92 = 145 \n" ); document.write( " |