SOLUTION: One positive integer is four times another, a third integer is six more than the smaller of the two. The sum of the three integers is equal to the smallest integer plus 46. What ar

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Question 857468: One positive integer is four times another, a third integer is six more than the smaller of the two. The sum of the three integers is equal to the smallest integer plus 46. What are the integers?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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x = 4y
z = x + 6
x + y + z = x + 46


x + y + z = x + 46
y + z = 46
x/4 + z = 46 (eqn 1)
-x + z = 6 (eqn 2)

Subtract eqn 2 from eqn 1.

x/4 + z = 46
x - z = -6
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5x/4 = 40 ---> x = 32

The integers are (x, y, z) = (32, 8, 38).