document.write( "Question 178297: At work one day, Erica Franz received 45 packages, Speedy Delivery delivered three times as many as Ralph's Express, while Ralph's Express delivered five more than Sendquick Package Service. How many packages did each service deliver to Erica.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Ralphs Express
\n" ); document.write( "Sendquick
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Algebra.Com's Answer #133364 by josmiceli(19441)\"\" \"About 
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Let \"r\"= number of packages delivered by Ralph's express
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"s\"= number of packages delivered by Speedy's
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"q\"= number of packages delivered by Sendquick
\n" ); document.write( "Given:
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"r+%2B+s+%2B+q+=+45\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"s+=+3r\"
\n" ); document.write( "(3) \"r+=+q+%2B+5\"
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\n" ); document.write( "From (3):
\n" ); document.write( "\"q+=+r+-+5\"
\n" ); document.write( "From (1):
\n" ); document.write( "\"r+%2B+3r+%2B+r+-+5+=+45\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"5r+-+5+=+45\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"5r+=+50\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"r+=+10\"
\n" ); document.write( "from (2):
\n" ); document.write( "\"s+=+3%2A10\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"s+=+30\"
\n" ); document.write( "from (3):
\n" ); document.write( "\"10+=+q+%2B+5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"q+=+5\"
\n" ); document.write( "Speedy's delivered 30, Ralph's delivered 10, Sendquick delivered 5
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