document.write( "Question 1086643: The sum of 3 numbers is 73. The second Number is two times the third. The third is five less than the first. What are the numbers? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x be the first number.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the third number is (x-5), according to the condition.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the second number is 2*(x-5).\r\n" );
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document.write( "In addition, we are given that\r\n" );
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document.write( "x + 2(x-5) + (x-5) = 73.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve it for x.\r\n" );
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