document.write( "Question 1070546: A large building has 3 air conditioners of different sizes that total 155 tons. If the largest air conditioner is twice as large as the medium sized one and the smallest is 5 tons smaller than the medium sized one, what is the size in tons, of all three air conditioners. Set up a system of equations and solve. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #685614 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! medium is x \n" ); document.write( "small is x-5 \n" ); document.write( "larger is 2x \n" ); document.write( "they add to 155 tons \n" ); document.write( "2x+x-5+x=155 \n" ); document.write( "4x=160 \n" ); document.write( "x=40 tons medium \n" ); document.write( "small is 35 tons \n" ); document.write( "larger is 80 tons \n" ); document.write( "They add to 155 tons. \n" ); document.write( " |