SOLUTION: Hi, I'm working on a word problem (I'm not sure if it's completely accurate to geometry) but this is the word problem: Latoya has twice as many CD's as Kristen. Sherry has 12 mo

Question 1187745: Hi, I'm working on a word problem (I'm not sure if it's completely accurate to geometry)
but this is the word problem: Latoya has twice as many CD's as Kristen. Sherry has
12 more than Kristen. Together they have 96 CD's How many does each girl have?
I would appreciate a step by step way to solve this, I get the concept a little bit but it still has me stuck!
Thanks in advance :)
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let say Kristen has CD's
if Latoya has as many CD's as Kristen, tha n Latoya has CD's
if Sherry has more than Kristen, than Sherry has CD's
if they together have CD's, than
............solve for

Kristen has CD's
Latoya has CD's
Sherry has CD's

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