SOLUTION: THe product of three numbers is 54. The sum of the numbers is 14. What are the three numbers?

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Question 1008109: THe product of three numbers is 54. The sum of the numbers is 14. What are the three numbers?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 3 unknowns but only 2 equations
It can't be solved directly
(1) +x%2Ay%2Az+=+54+
(2) +x+%2B+y+%2B+z+=+14+
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I stared at it for a while, and I got:
+x+=+2+
+y+=+3+
+z+=+9+
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(1) +x%2Ay%2Az+=+54+
(1) +2%2A3%2A9+=+54+
and
(2) +x+%2B+y+%2B+z+=+14+
(2) +2+%2B+3+%2B+9+=+14+
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Other than trying numbers to see
what works, I don't know any other
way to solve it. You might want
a 2nd opinion.