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document.write( "Jerry wendy and Alice were given some tickets to sell. Each one sold for $5. Jerry sold 3/7 of the tickets. Wendy sold 1/3 of what Alice sold. If wendy sold 60 fewer tickets than Jerry, how much money did they collect.\r
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document.write( "My son had difficulty with this question since we are not told what fraction of the tickets Alice sold
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Algebra.Com's Answer #816705 by josgarithmetic(39623)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Ticket price is for later in the solution; not sooner.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "Jerry (3/7)T\r\n" ); document.write( "Wendy (3/7)T-60\r\n" ); document.write( "Alice\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Jerry and Wendy were easier to assign than how many Alice sold.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"Wendy sold 1/3 of what Alice sold.\" \n" ); document.write( "This means that Alice sold three times as much as did Wendy.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "Jerry (3/7)T\r\n" ); document.write( "Wendy (3/7)T-60\r\n" ); document.write( "Alice 3((3/7)T-60)\r\n" ); document.write( "TOTAL T\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " |