The sum of three number is 126. The third number is 4 times the second. The second number is 6 less than the first. What are the numbers?

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Ingrid H.

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The sum of three numbers is 126 . The third number is 3 times the first. The second number is 6 more than the first. What are the numbers?

The sum of three numbers is 126

. The third number is 3

 times the first. The second number is 6

 more than the first. What are the numbers? 

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Mackenzie K. answered • 04/02/20

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Lets define a=1st number, b=2nd number, and c=3rd number

We know that a+b+c=126

We also know that the second number is 6 more than the first, so we can represent this as b=a+6

We also know that the third number is 3 times the first which can be represented as c=3a

We can plug these new values into our original equation and get:

a+(a+6)+(3a)=126

2a+6+3a=126 COMBINE LIKE TERMS

5a+6=126

5a=120

a=24

Our first number is 24.

Our second number is 6 more than our first number, so the second number is 24+6=30

Our third number is 3 times the first number, so the third number is 3(24)=72

We can check by plugging these numbers in for a, b, and c in our original equation

a+b+c=126

24+30=72=126

126=126

7. d. 64

8. i. 32

9. c. 125

10. j. none of the above

11. d. 81

12. i. 216

13. e. none of the above

14. g. 240

15. e. none of the above

16. g. 32

17.   e. none of the above

b. x + 1

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