SOLUTION: Penny and andrea earned a total of $148 dollars repairing computers. If penny earned three times as much as Andrea, how much money did Andrea makes? How much did penny make?
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Question 1081290: Penny and andrea earned a total of $148 dollars repairing computers. If penny earned three times as much as Andrea, how much money did Andrea makes? How much did penny make?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let a and 3a be what Andrea and Penny made; respectively. Then:
a+3a=148
4a=148
a=37
Andrea made $37; Penny made $111. ☺☺☺☺
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