SOLUTION: Leo has 8 dollars more than Karen and Karen has 15 dollars more than Ress.Together they have 59 dollars. How much money does each have?

Question 507624: Leo has 8 dollars more than Karen and Karen has 15 dollars more than Ress.Together they have 59 dollars. How much money does each have?

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let be the amount of money Leo has, Karen, and Ress.
1.
2.
3.
Subsititute from 1 and 2 into eq. 3,
From 1,

Now substitute,

Now that you know work backwards.
From 2,

From 1,

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