SOLUTION: joe has twice as much money as Ada,who has half as much as Oli has. if together they own $ 5.25 how much does each of them have?

Question 1020169: joe has twice as much money as Ada,who has half as much as Oli has. if together they own $ 5.25 how much does each of them have?

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Joe has twice as much as Ada
.
.
Ada has half as much as Oli
So,
Oli also has twice as much as Ada.
All together,

You can substitute,

Now solve for A.
Then go back and find J and O.

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