Problema Solution

Together Steve and tom sold 91 raffle tickets for their school. Steve sold 16 more than 2 as many raffle tickets as Tom. How many raffle tickets did each boy sell?

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let 'x' represent the number of raffle tickets solve by Tom, then '2x+16' represents the number sold by Steve


91 = x + 2x+16

3x = 91-16

x = 75/3 = 25


2* 25 + 16 = 66


Tom sold 25 tickets, Steve sold 66 tickets