SOLUTION: Through 2004,the Universities of Alabama,Tennessee,and Texas have had the most appearances in college football bowl games. These three schools have had a total of 141 bowl appearan

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Question 1133380: Through 2004,the Universities of Alabama,Tennessee,and Texas have had the most appearances in college football bowl games. These three schools have had a total of 141 bowl appearances.Alabama has had 8 more appearances than Texas.Together,the number of appearances by Tennessee and Texas is 37 more than the number of appearances by Alabama.Determine the number of bowl appearances for each school.

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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A+Te+Tx=141
A=Tx+8
Te+Tx-37=A; A+37=Te+Tx
A+A+37=141
2A=104
A=52
Tx=44
Tn=45