SOLUTION: john has $5 more than bill and $3 less than amy. together they have $25. how much money does each person have?

Question 532467: john has $5 more than bill and $3 less than amy. together they have $25. how much money does each person have?
Answer by jkrsmsc76(5) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I will J, B and A instead of actual names, for the amount of money each of them have.
We know that , so we can also say that
We know that , so we can also say that
Since the total of all their money is $25,
We can substitute B and A, with the formulas we created earlier and to get
This can be simplifies to get
Add 2 to both sides to get
Divide both sides by 3 to get
If John has $9 and we know he has $5 more than Bill, Bill has $4. Similarly, we know that John has $3 less than Amy, so Amy has $12.
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