SOLUTION: If I know that a + b + c = 100 and I also know that .5a + 3b + 10c = 100 how do I find the values of a, b and c? Thanks

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Question 68034: If I know that a + b + c = 100 and I also know that .5a + 3b + 10c = 100 how do I find the values of a, b and c?
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If I know that a + b + c = 100 and I also know that .5a + 3b + 10c = 100 how do I find the values of a, b and c?
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Really you can't, You have 3 unknowns and only two equations. It doesn't even state that the solutions are integers, so it's pretty grim