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The sum of three numbers is 69. If the second number is equal to the first diminished by 8, and the third number is 5 times the first. What are the numbers? If x represents the first number, then which
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The sum of three numbers is 69. If the second number is equal to the first diminished by 8, and the third number is 5 times the first. What are the numbers?

If x represents the first number, then which of the following equations could be used to solve the problem?

x = 6x - 8
69 = 6x - 8
69 = 7x - 8

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69 = 7x - 8 is the correct answer

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its the third one 69=7x-8
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