SOLUTION: At Jim's Cafe, 1/5 of the customers ordered tea. Six more than 2/5 of the customers ordered coffee, and 20 customers ordered soa.

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Question 260319: At Jim's Cafe, 1/5 of the customers ordered tea. Six more than 2/5 of the customers ordered coffee, and 20 customers ordered soa.
Answer by drk(1908)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let
Tea = (1/5)C
Coffee = (2/5)C + 6
Soda = 20
The total number of customers = C.
we get

multiply everything by 5 to get

subtract 3 C to get

divide to get
customers

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