Question 1051533: A new cruise ship line has just launched 3 new ships: the Pacific Paradise, the Caribbean Paradise, and the Mediterranean Paradise. The Caribbean Paradise has 27 more deluxe staterooms than the Pacific Paradise. The Mediterranean Paradise has 21 fewer deluxe staterooms than
twice the number of deluxe staterooms on the Pacific Paradise. Find the number of deluxe staterooms for each of the ships if the total number of deluxe staterooms for the three ships is
538.
Answer by jorel555(1290)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let pp be the Pacific Paradise, cp be the Caribbean Paradise, and mp be the Mediterranean Paradise. Then:
cp=pp+27
mp=2pp-21
So:
pp+pp+27+2pp-21=538
4pp=532
pp=133
The Pacific Paradise has 133 staterooms, the Caribbean Paradise has 160 staterooms, and the Mediterranean Paradise has 245 staterooms. ☺☺☺☺
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