Question

The sum of three numbers is 62. The second number is equal to the first number diminished by 4. The third number is four times the first. What are the numbers?.

Answer 1

11, 7, 44

Explanation:

Let x represent the first number. Then the second is (x-4) and the third is (4x). Their sum is ...

x +(x -4) +(4x) = 62

6x = 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . add 4, collect terms

x = 11 . . . . . . . . . divide by 6

x -4 = 7 . . . . . . . find the second number

4x = 44 . . . . . . . find the third number

The three numbers are 11, 7, and 44.