SOLUTION: Bill has 5 times as many baseball cards as Fred. Tim has 3 fewer than 4 times as many baseball cards as Fred. In all they have 167 baseball cards. How many does each ha

Question 644761: Bill has 5 times as many baseball cards as Fred. Tim has 3 fewer than 4 times as many baseball cards as Fred. In all they have 167 baseball cards. How many does each have?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(1)
(2)
(3)
There are 3 equations and 3 unknowns, so it's solvable
Substitute (2) into (3)
(3)
(3)
Substitute (1) into (3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
and, since
(1)
(1)
(1)
and
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
Bill has 85 cards
Fred has 17 cards
Tim has 65 cards
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