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Algebra Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Prove it Canada

The numbers a,b,ca, b, c, in that order, form a three term arithmetic sequence (see below) and a+b+c=60a + b + c = 60. The numbers a2,b,c+3a-2, b, c+3, in that order, form a three term geometric sequence. Determine all possible values of aa, bb and cc. (An arithmetic sequence is a sequence in which each term after the first is obtained from the previous term by adding a constant. For example, 3,5,73, 5, 7 is an arithmetic sequence with three terms. A geometric sequence is a sequence in which each term after the first is obtained from the previous term by multiplying it by a constant. For example, 3,6,123, 6, 12 is a geometric sequence with three terms.)

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