SOLUTION: Patsy Wong owns two computer service shops. This year the telephone bill for her Summit shop was $580 less than twice the telephone bill for her Norton shop. The total telephone

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Question 1182291: Patsy Wong owns two computer service shops. This year the telephone bill for her Summit shop was $580 less than twice the telephone bill for her Norton shop. The total telephone expense for both shops was $2060. What was the cost of each shop's telephone service for the year?
The yearly bill for the Norton shop was $?
The yearly bill for the Summit shop was $?
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Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let the telephone bill for her Norton shop. be $ x
telephone bill for her Summit shop was $580 less than twice the telephone bill for her Norton shop.
2x-580

Total bill for both =2060
x+2x-580=2060
3x-580=2060
3x = 2060+580
3x = 2640
x= 2640/3
x= 880
the telephone bill for her Norton shop is $ 880

telephone bill for her Summit shop was 2060-880 = $ 1180

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Summit    2n-580
Norton     n
TOTAL     2060

%282n-580%29%2Bn=2060
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3n=2060%2B580
n=2640%2F3
n=880 and you can find the value for Summit Shop.