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Question 801274: the sum of three numbers is 62. the second is 5 more than the smallest and the third is 8 less than the second. find the numbers. Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let’s three numbers be , ,
given:
the second is 5 more than the smallest =>
the third is 8 less than the second => or ....substitute and =>
and
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