SOLUTION: Please help with this word problem. Three communities raised $5900 for a common cause. If community B raised 5/8 of the money community A raised and community C contributed 5/6

Question 74281: Please help with this word problem.
Three communities raised $5900 for a common cause. If community B raised 5/8 of the money community A raised and community C contributed 5/6 of the contribution of community A, how much money did each of the three communities raise?
Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Three communities raised $5900 for a common cause. If community B raised 5/8 of the money community A raised and community C contributed 5/6 of the contribution of community A, how much money did each of the three communities raise?
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Let the money that A raised be: x
Then the money that B raised is: 5/8x
Then the money that C raised is: 5/6x
The total amount raised is: 5900

A raised: x=$2400
B raised: 5/8x=5/8(2400)=$1500
c raised: 5/6x=5/6(2400)=$2000
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Sanity Check:
If we add the amounts A, B, and C raised, do we get $5900 as claimed?
2400+1500+2000=5900
5900=5900
We seem to be on the right track.
Happy Calculating!!!!
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