document.write( "Question 810337: you have $975240 to be divided among 5 friends , 4 charities and 1 university. The 5 friends each receive 3 times as much as all the charities combined and that each charity recives twice as much as the university. How much did they each receive? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #488079 by mananth(16946) You can put this solution on YOUR website! you have $975240 to be divided among 5 friends , 4 charities and 1 university. The 5 friends each receive 3 times as much as all the charities combined and that each charity recives twice as much as the university. How much did they each receive?\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let university get x \n" ); document.write( "each charity gets 2x\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4 charities so total = 8x\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "each friend receives 3*8x=24x \n" ); document.write( "5 friends = 5*24x=120x\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "8x+120x+x=975240\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "129x=975240 \n" ); document.write( "x= 7560\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "University = 7560 \n" ); document.write( "charity 2*7520 \n" ); document.write( "each friend = 24*7520 \n" ); document.write( " |