SOLUTION: A new cruise ship has just launched 3 new ships; the Pacific Paradise, the Carribbean Paradise, and the Mediterranean Paradise. The Caribbean Paradise has 29 more rooms than the Pa

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Question 472499: A new cruise ship has just launched 3 new ships; the Pacific Paradise, the Carribbean Paradise, and the Mediterranean Paradise. The Caribbean Paradise has 29 more rooms than the Pacific Paradise. The Meditteranean Paradise has 40 fewer rooms than three time the number of rooms on the Pacific Paradise. Find the number of rooms for each ship if the total number of rooms for the three ships is 534.
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a- number of room on Pacific Paradise
b-number of rooms on Carribbean Paradise
c- number of rooms on Mediterranean Paradise
given
b=a+29
c=3a-40
a+b+c=534
then
a+a+29+3a-40=534
a= 109
b=138
c=287