SOLUTION: sally has saved twice as much money as jon, jeremy has saved three times as much
money as jon. find the amount each person saved if the total savings is $180.00
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Question 214759: sally has saved twice as much money as jon, jeremy has saved three times as much
money as jon. find the amount each person saved if the total savings is $180.00 Found 2 solutions by stanbon, drj:Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! sally has saved twice as much money as jon, jeremy has saved three times as much
money as jon. find the amount each person saved if the total savings is $180.00
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Let jon's savings be "x"
Then Sally's savings are "2x"
And Jeremy has saved "3x"
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Equation:
x + 2x + 3x = 180
6x = 180
x = 30
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Jon = x = $30
Sally = 2x = $60
Jeremy = 3x = $90
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Cheers,
Stan H.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Sally has saved twice as much money as Jon, Jeremy has saved three times as much
money as Jon. Find the amount each person saved if the total savings is $180.00
Step 1. Let x be the amount Jon saved, 2x be the amount Sally saved, and 3x be the amount Jeremy Saved.
Step 2. x+2x+3x=180 Sum of amount each person saved is 180 dollars.
Step 3. Solving yields
divide 6 to both sides of equation
Verify solution
Step 4. ANSWER: Jon saved $30, Sally saved $60, and Jeremy saved $90.
I hope the above steps were helpful.
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