SOLUTION: Jerry Frank and Scott share food expenses each month because he eats only one meal a day at home. Jerry pay $75 less each month then either Frank or Scott. Scott and Frank paid equ

Question 1025906: Jerry Frank and Scott share food expenses each month because he eats only one meal a day at home. Jerry pay $75 less each month then either Frank or Scott. Scott and Frank paid equal amounts. If last month's total bill came to $411 what was Jerry share?

Found 2 solutions by addingup, MathTherapy:
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Scott and Frank pay the same amount, we'll call this amount x.
Jerry pays 75 less, so he pays x-75.
So we have:
2x+x-75 = 411
3x = 486
x = 162 this is how much each Scott and Frank pay, and Jerry:
162-75 = 85 is how much Jerry pays
Answer by MathTherapy(10551) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Jerry Frank and Scott share food expenses each month because he eats only one meal a day at home. Jerry pay $75 less each month then either Frank or Scott. Scott and Frank paid equal amounts. If last month's total bill came to $411 what was Jerry share?

Jerry pays:
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