SOLUTION: Four firefighters were discussing the number of fires they extinguished for the month of February. Rafael extinguished 25% fewer fires than Louis in February. William extingui

Question 200638:
Four firefighters were discussing the number of fires they extinguished for the month of February. Rafael extinguished 25% fewer fires than Louis in February. William extinguished 50% more fires than Rafael. Albert extinguished 20% fewer fires than Rafael and William combined. If Louis extinguished 6 fires per week, how many fires did all four men extinguish during the entire month?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
R=x-.25=18
L=x=24
W=(x-.25).5=27
A=(R+W)-.20=(27+18)-.20=28
Total= 18+24+27+28=97
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