Concept explainers
To calculate: The amount of money that each of three have.
Answer to Problem 28P
N has $12.
C has $24.
L has $18.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
C has double money than N.
L has $6 more than N.
Together they have $54.
Let
Money that N has be x .
Then
C has 2x .
L has x + 6.
According to the statement,
All of them have $54.
Then
That becomes
Subtract 6 from both sides:
Divide both sides by 4:
Thus,
For N:
For C:
For L:
Therefore,
N has $12.
C has $24.
L has $30.
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