SOLUTION: The United States earned 104 medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The number of silver medals was the same as the number of bronze medals. The number of gold medals was 17 more than
Algebra.Com
Question 947312: The United States earned 104 medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The number of silver medals was the same as the number of bronze medals. The number of gold medals was 17 more than the number of silver medals. How many of each kind of medal did the United States earn?
Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
we are given
The number of silver medals was the same as the number of bronze medals.
let x be the number of silver medals and x is also the number of bronze medals.
The number of gold medals was 17 more than the number of silver medals,
let x+17 be the number of gold medals, then
x +x +x+17 = 104
3x +17 = 104
3x = 87
x = 29
therefore there are
29 bronze medals, 29 silver medals, 46 gold medals
RELATED QUESTIONS
At the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, the number of gold medals Canada won was... (answered by ikleyn)
Please help me solve this problem:
China earned a total of 100 medals at the 2008... (answered by scott8148)
In the 2004 summer olympics, the United states team won 3 more gold medals than the... (answered by Mathtut)
in the 2016 summer olympic, host brazil earned 1 more gold medal than silver. the number... (answered by greenestamps)
In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the USA earned 6 more gold medals than... (answered by Alan3354)
In the 2016 Summer Olympics, China, the United States, and Great Britain won a combined... (answered by math_helper)
The USA won 103 medals. The number of silver medals earned was 4 more than the gold... (answered by haileytucki)
the u.s earned an all time 34 medals at the olympics. the number of gold earned was 1... (answered by josmiceli)
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy, the top medal winner was Germany, which won a total (answered by ewatrrr,ReadingBoosters,Theo)