SOLUTION: The sum of three numbers is 69. If the second number is equal to the first diminished by 8, and the third number is 5 times the first. What are the numbers?

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Question 244507: The sum of three numbers is 69. If the second number is equal to the first diminished by 8, and the third number is 5 times the first. What are the numbers?
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Let represent the first number,

Then represents the second number,

And represents the third number. So:



Solve for

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