document.write( "Question 571508: hey can you please help me with this question
\n" ); document.write( "$540 is divided among three people. a,b,c, so that a gets three times as much as c, and b gets twice as much as c. how much does c get?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #368095 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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$\"+a+%2B+b+%2B+c+=+540+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+=+3c+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+b+=+2c+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "By substitution:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+3c+%2B+2c+%2B+c+=+540+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+6c+=+540+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+c+=+90+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+=+3c+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+=+3%2A90+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+=+270+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+b+=+2c+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+b+=+2%2A90+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+b+=+180+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "a gets 270
\n" ); document.write( "b gets 180
\n" ); document.write( "c gets 90
\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+%2B+b+%2B+c+=+540+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+270+%2B+180+%2B+90+=+540+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+540+=+540+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "OK \n" ); document.write( "

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