Problema Solution

On Wednesday, Harry sold 3 times as many candy bars as on Tuesday. On Thursday, he sold 5 times as many bars as on Wednesday. He sold a total of 152 candy bars. How many did he sell each day?

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First, we write equations from the given information:


w=3t

u=5w

w+t+u=152


where 't' stands for Tuesday, 'w' stands for wednesday, and 'u' stands for Thursday.


Using Algebrator to solve for 'u', 't', and 'w', we get:

t=8

u=120

w=24