Question 1125849: I keep getting this wrong, can someone please assist me - I will be grateful for your help!
Many graduate schools require applicants to take a certain test. Those taking the test receive three scores: a verbal reasoning score, a quantitative reasoning score, and an analytical writing score. In 2013, the average quantitative reasoning score exceeded the average verbal reasoning score by
1.1 points, and the average verbal reasoning score exceeded the analytical writing score by 145.7 points. The sum of the three average scores was
318.9. What was the average score for each category?
The average verbal reasoning score was_____
The average quantitative reasoning score was_____
The average analytical writing score was_____
Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! analytical: x
verbal: x+145.7
quantitative: x+145.7+1.1
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x+x+145.7+x+145.7+1.1 = 318.9
3x+292.5 = 318.9
3x = 26.4
x = 8.8 this is the analytical score
Verbal: 8.8+145.7 = 154.5
Quantitative: 8.8+145.7+1.1 = 155.6
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