SOLUTION: In 1994​, funding for a program increased by 0.19 billion dollars from the funding in 1993. In 1995​, the increase was 0.77 billion dollars over the funding in 1994. Fo

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Question 1107781: In 1994​, funding for a program increased by 0.19 billion dollars from the funding in 1993. In 1995​, the increase was 0.77 billion dollars over the funding in 1994. For those three years the funding was 11.59 billion dollars. How much was funded in each of these three​ years? I tried this:
x + 0.19 = y
y + 0.77 = z
x + y + z = 11.59
x + x + 0.19 + y + 0.77 = 11.59
Thanks for your help!
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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See if you can stay in one variable
1993=x
1994=x+0.19
1195=x+0.19+0.77
x+x+0.19+x+0.96=11.59
3x+1.15=11.59
3x=10.44
x=3.48 billion
x+0.19=3.67 billion
x+0.19+0.77=4.44 billion
they add to 11.59 billion