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In one day a woman recieved 13 packages. Federal express delivered three times as many as airborne express., while ups delivered two fewer than airborne express. How many packages did each service deliver to her?

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Problem - Find the exact number of packages delivered by fedex,airborne and ups

letairborne delivered a then fedex delivered 3a and ups delivered a-2

so a+ 3a+ a-2 = 13 => a= 15/5 = 3

so ups delivered 1, airborne = 3 and fedex 9