SOLUTION: Ed owns 2 shops. This year the telephone bill for the Montrose shop was $660 less than twice the telephone bill for his Lamont shop. The total telephone expense for both shops wa

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Question 119988:
Ed owns 2 shops. This year the telephone bill for the Montrose shop was $660 less than twice the telephone bill for his Lamont shop. The total telephone expense for both shops was $1494. What was the cost of each shops telephone service for the year?
Yearly bill for Montrose Shop?
Yearly bill for the Lamont Shop?
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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(660+2X)+X=1494 WHERE X= THE AMOUNT OF THE LAMONT SHOP.
660+2X+X=1494
3X=1494-660
3X=834
X=834/3
X=$278 IS THE BILL FOR THE LAMONT SHOP
660+2*278=660+556=1216 THE BILL FOR THE MONTROSE SHOP.
PROOF
278+1216=1494
1494=1494