SOLUTION: Ali,Ben and joe sell 73 raffle tickets between them.ben sells twice as many tickets as Ali,and joe sells 8more tickets than Ben.how many tickets does each person sell
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Question 1047231: Ali,Ben and joe sell 73 raffle tickets between them.ben sells twice as many tickets as Ali,and joe sells 8more tickets than Ben.how many tickets does each person sell
Answer by advanced_Learner(501) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let ben B and A means ALI and J for Joe.
B=2A
J=8+B
A+B+J=73
B/2+B+8+B=73
B/2+2B=65
B+4B=130
5B=130
B=130/5
B=26
meaning BEN does 26 tickets
joe 8+B meaning 34 tickets
and finaly A does 17
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