SOLUTION: Curly, Moe and Larry won $2500. If Larry gets three times as much as Curly and Moe gets $300 less than Larry, How much does each person get?

Question 858099: Curly, Moe and Larry won $2500. If Larry gets three times as much as Curly and Moe gets $300 less than Larry, How much does each person get?
Answer by ben720(159) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let Larry = x
Larry + Curly + Moe = $2500

Add 300 to both sides:

Combine like terms:

Divide both sides by 7/3:

Larry gets $x, Curly gets $(x/3), and Moe gets $(x-300)
Larry gets $1200, Curly gets $400, and Moe gets $900.
To check, add them all together to see if you get 2500, which you do.

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