In a subtraction formula, the subtraction is three times the difference, and the sum of the subtracted, the subtracted and the difference is 880. Do you know what the subtracted, the subtracted and the difference are?

In a subtraction formula, the subtraction is three times the difference, and the sum of the subtracted, the subtracted and the difference is 880. Do you know what the subtracted, the subtracted and the difference are?

Let the subtraction, the subtracted and the difference be x, y and Z respectively
x-y=z
x+y+z=880
x=3z
We get x = 440, y = 880 / 3, z = 440 / 3