SOLUTION: The sum of three numbers is -2. One number is 2 times another. The quotient of another pair of the numbers is -4. What are the numbers?

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Question 1051551: The sum of three numbers is -2. One number is 2 times another. The quotient of another pair of the numbers is -4. What are the numbers?
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The sum of three numbers is -2. One number is 2 times another. The quotient of another pair of the numbers is -4. What are the numbers?

a+b+c=-2
a=2b
c/b=-4
2b+b-4b=-2
-b=-2
b=2
a=4
c/2=-4
c=-8