SOLUTION: karen bob and gina picked oranges karen picked twice as many pounds as bob and 3 times more as gina the total weight of oranges they picked was 2,200 pounds how many pounds of ora

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Question 1154108: karen bob and gina picked oranges karen picked twice as many pounds as bob and 3 times more as gina the total weight of oranges they picked was 2,200 pounds how many pounds of oranges did each person pick?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, greenestamps:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = pounds that Gina picked
= pounds that Karen picked
= pounds that Bob picked
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and

and

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Karen picked 1200 pounds
Bob picked 600 pounds
Gina picked 400 pounds
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check:

OK

Answer by greenestamps(13198) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Improper English; so we would have to guess what the real meaning of the problem is in order to answer it.

But guessing what your question means is not our job; so we won't answer it.

"A picked twice AS MANY AS B" --> B picked x amount; the amount A picked was 2 times x, or 2x.

"A picked three times MORE THAN B" --> B picked x amount; the amount A picked was x, plus three times x, or x+3x = 4x.

"A picked four times MORE AS B" --> Not proper English; we don't know what it means....