Problema Solution
A new cruise ship line has just launched 3 new ships: the Pacific Paradise, the Caribbean Paradise, and the Mediterranean Paradise. The Caribbean Paradise has 16
more deluxe staterooms than the Pacific Paradise. The Mediterranean Paradise has 15
fewer deluxe staterooms than twice
the number of deluxe staterooms on the Pacific Paradise. Find the number of deluxe staterooms for each of the ships if the total number of deluxe staterooms for the three ships is 741
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Let
x = the number of deluxe staterooms of Pacific Paradise
y = the number of deluxe staterooms of Caribbean Paradise
z = the number of deluxe staterooms of Mediterranean Paradise
y = 16 + x
z = 2x - 15
x + y + z = 741
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x = 185 deluxe staterooms
y = 201 deluxe staterooms
z = 355 deluxe staterooms
Pacific Paradise has 185 deluxe staterooms.
Caribbean Paradise has 201 deluxe staterooms.
Mediterranean Paradise has 3555 deluxe staterooms.