SOLUTION: María Ángela, Samuel, and Pablo sent a total of 121text messages during the weekend. María Ángela sent 5 fewer messages than Pablo. Samuel sent 4 times as many messages as Pabl

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Question 1179438: María Ángela, Samuel, and Pablo sent a total of 121text messages during the weekend. María Ángela sent 5 fewer messages than Pablo. Samuel sent 4 times as many messages as Pablo. How many messages did they each send?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Sentences numbers 2 and 3 describe in terms of Pablo's text messages, so assigning a variable to Pablos quantity of messages is a good idea.
María Ángela           p-5
Samuel                  4p
Pablo                   p
TOTAL                  121

%28p-5%29%2B4p%2Bp=121
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p-5%2B4p%2Bp=121
6p=121%2B5
6p=126
p=126%2F6
highlight%28p=21%29
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