Problema Solution
the student council has a total of 200.00 to divide amongthe top class finishers in a used toy drive.second place will recieve twice as much as third and first will recieve 15.00 more than second place.
write and solve an equation to find out how much each winning class will receive
Answer provided by our tutors
The first receive x+15 and second receive x, third receive 0.5x
So
x+15+x+0.5x = 200
So
x=74
So the first receive 89 and second receive 74, third receive 37