SOLUTION: In 1991, funding for a program increased by 1.06 billion dollars from funding in 1990. In 1992, the increase was 0.25 billion dollars over funding in 1991. For those three years th

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Question 338615: In 1991, funding for a program increased by 1.06 billion dollars from funding in 1990. In 1992, the increase was 0.25 billion dollars over funding in 1991. For those three years the funding was 10.71 billion dollars. How much was funded in each of these years?
Answer by nyc_function(2741) About Me  (Show Source):
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All units are billions of dollars.
let 1990 funding = x
1991 funding = x + 1.06
1992 funding = x + 1.06 + 0.25
total = 3x + 2.37 = 10.71
3x = 8.34
x = 2.78
Answers:
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1990: 2.78
1991: 3.84
1992: 4.09