SOLUTION: A person spends $300,000 on a total of 3 properties. The first property's value is the sum of the other two properties. The second property is twice the value of the third property

Question 1103042: A person spends $300,000 on a total of 3 properties. The first property's value is the sum of the other two properties. The second property is twice the value of the third property. How much does each property cost?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Substituting from eq. 2,

Substituting from eq. 3,

Now use the equations to solve for B and A.

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