document.write( "Question 199623: An investigator uses forms A, B, C in filling out reports. He uses form B five times as often as form A, and he uses form C three times as often as form B.
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document.write( "If the total number of all forms used in a month equals 735, how many times was form B used? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #150034 by rfer(16322)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! change everything so you have just one unknown \n" ); document.write( "a=1 b=5a c=3b \n" ); document.write( "a=1 b=5a c=15a \n" ); document.write( "a+5a+15a=735 \n" ); document.write( "21a=735 \n" ); document.write( "a=35 \n" ); document.write( "b=175 \n" ); document.write( "c=525 \n" ); document.write( " |