The sum of three numbers is 69. If the second number is equal to the...

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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 theproblem?69-6x-8x=6x-869=7x-8

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