SOLUTION: The Smith family recelved 19 pieces of mall on November 16. The mail consisted of letters, ads, bills, and magazines. How many letters did they recelve if they received the same nu

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Question 1204041: The Smith family recelved 19 pieces of mall on November 16. The mail consisted of letters, ads, bills, and magazines. How many letters did they recelve if they received the same number of letters as bills, five more magazines than ads, and three more ads than bills?
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x = # of bills
x = # of letters (same as # of bills)
x+3 = # of ads (3 more ads than bills)
x+8 = # of magazines (5 more magazines than ads)

The total number of pieces of mail was 19:

x+x+x+3+x+8 = 19
4x+11 = 19
4x = 8
x = 2

ANSWER: # of letters = x = 2