SOLUTION: $48 in tips is to be divided among a restaurant's three waiters. Briana gets three times more than Jenny and Julis recieves four times as much as Jenny. How much does Julia Recieve

Question 545777: $48 in tips is to be divided among a restaurant's three waiters. Briana gets three times more than Jenny and Julis recieves four times as much as Jenny. How much does Julia Recieve and how do you write the equation?
Answer by neatmath(302) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let stand for Jenny.

Briana receives

Julius receives

Then we know that

Jenny should receive 6 dollars, while Briana receives 18, and Julius receives 24.

That is a total of 48 dollars, which agrees with our given facts.

I hope this helps! :)

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