SOLUTION: maria, amy and sadie share food expenses. amy pays $10 a month less than maria. sadie pays twice as much as amy. if the monthly food bill is $310, how much does each pay?
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Question 702590: maria, amy and sadie share food expenses. amy pays $10 a month less than maria. sadie pays twice as much as amy. if the monthly food bill is $310, how much does each pay?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let
represent Maria's expense. Then
is Amy's, and
is Sadie's. And the sum is $310.
Solve for
, then calculate
and
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