SOLUTION: The sum of three numbers is 73. The second number is equal to the first number diminished by 7. The third number is five times the first. What are the numbers? Which three expressi

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Question 985508: The sum of three numbers is 73. The second number is equal to the first number diminished by 7. The third number is five times the first. What are the numbers? Which three expressions could be used to represent the numbers?
A) n; n - 7; 5n
B) n+ 7; n - 7; n
C) n + 5; n - 7; n

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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n is first number
n-7 is second
5n is third
It is A.