SOLUTION: The sum of three numbers is 116. The third number is 3 times the second. The second number is 9 more than the first . What are the numbers?
First number is _____
Second numb
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Question 395041: The sum of three numbers is 116. The third number is 3 times the second. The second number is 9 more than the first . What are the numbers?
First number is _____
Second number is ____
Third number is _____ Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The sum of three numbers is 116. The third number is 3 times the second. The second number is 9 more than the first . What are the numbers?
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x + y + z = 116
z = 3y
y = x+9
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Substitute for z and for y and solve for z.
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