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\n" ); document.write( "The sum of three numbers is 114. The first number is 6 less than the third. The second number is 4 times the third. What are the numbers?
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Let 3rd number be T
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document.write( "Then 1st is: T - 6, and 2nd = 4T
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document.write( "We then get: T + T - 6 + 4T = 114
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document.write( "6T = 114 + 6
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document.write( "6T = 120
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document.write( "3rd number, or 
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document.write( "1st number: 
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