Question

The sum of three numbers is 196. The middle number is twice the smallest number. The largest number is 16 more than three times the smallest. What are the numbers?

Answer 1

YOUR NUMBERS ARE : 30 + 60 + 106.

Okay, say you take the number 30. (30 × 2 = 60.) And so that's where your 60 comes from! And then, you have to multiply the smallest number by 3, and add 16 to it. Let's try it out. [ (30 × 3 = 90) and (90 + 16 = 106) ]

And that's where you get the numbers 30, 60, and 106. Let's add them together.

30 + 60 = 90.
90 + 106 = 196.

So, in conclusion, your numbers are 30, 60, and 106.