SOLUTION: type a, type b, and type c light bulbs are lasting longer today than ever before. on average, the number of bulb hours for a type c bulb is 18 times the number of bulb hours for a

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Question 1019627: type a, type b, and type c light bulbs are lasting longer today than ever before. on average, the number of bulb hours for a type c bulb is 18 times the number of bulb hours for a type b bulb. the number of bulb hours for a type a bulb is 1600 less than the type b bulb. if the total number of bulb hours for the three types of light bulbs is 78,400, find the number of bulb hours for each type.
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Let represent the number of hours for type b. Then the number of hours for type a is and the number of hours for type c is . You are given that:



Solve for , then calculate and .

John

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