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Vinay bought a cake and cut it into three pleces. When he weighed the first, place he found that it was 7g lighter than the second piece and 4g heavier than the third plece. If the whole cake weighed 300g. How much did each of the three pieces weigh?(Hint: Weight of first piece be 'x' then weight of the second piece is x +7', weight of the third plece is 'x-4).

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