SOLUTION: the organizer for a church picnic ordered coleslaw, potato salad and beans amounting to 50lbs. There was to be three times as much potato salad as coleslaw. the number of beans was

Question 362273: the organizer for a church picnic ordered coleslaw, potato salad and beans amounting to 50lbs. There was to be three times as much potato salad as coleslaw. the number of beans was to be 6 less than the number of potato salad. find the number of each.
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
c + p + b = 50,
p = 3c,
b = p - 6.
From the 2nd equation, .
Thus, ,
,
,
b = 18, and c = 24/3 = 8.
Therefore there are 8 pounds of coleslaw, 18 pounds of beans, and 24 pounds of potato.
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