Chapter 9.3, Problem 9OE

To determine

To find: The amount that each of them have.

Answer to Problem 9OE

The amount with Steve is $\$39$ and the amount with Tracy is $\$18$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given:

The amount with Steve is $\$3$ more than the twice of the amount of Tracy.

The combined amount that both of them have is $\$57$ .

Calculation:

Consider the amount with Tracy is $t$ . Then the amount with Steve is,

  $3+2t$

Then, the combined amount is,

  $\begin{array}{l}3+2t+t=\$57\\ 3t=\$54\\ t=\$18\end{array}$

Then, the amount with Steve3 is,

  $\begin{array}{c}3+2\left(\$18\right)=3+36\\ =\$39\end{array}$