27x+37y+47z=212
37x+47y+27z=212
47x+27y+37z=242
You do use a number of methods to solve this. You could use matrices, substitution, or add/subtract the equations together to cancel out variables. Are you familiar with these methods?
I think substitution would be the easiest. For one equation, solve for x in terms of the other two variables. So now you can have an equation of two variables. Then solve for one of the other variables and you should have an equation down to only one.
You can solve foreasily. Add all your equations to get
thus,
. Now the first equation is equal to the second one thus
which becomes
Now subtract these two equation and you get
once you know
you can easily solve for
.
Q.E.D.