SOLUTION: Help! If Jackson petra and Ty wentand collected shells. Jackson collected s seashells. Petra and Ty each collected 13 fewere than twice the number of shells Jackson collected. At t

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Question 597977: Help! If Jackson petra and Ty wentand collected shells. Jackson collected s seashells. Petra and Ty each collected 13 fewere than twice the number of shells Jackson collected. At the end they had 94 shells. How many did each person collect? Thanks for your help!
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Jackson collects +s+ shells
Petra collects +2s+-+13+ shells
Ty collects +2s+-+13+ shells
The total is +94+ shells
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+s+%2B+2s+-+13+%2B+2s+-+13+=+94+
+5s+-+26+=+94+
+5s+=+120+
+s+=+24+
and
+2s+-+13+=+2%2A24+-+13+
+2s+-+13+=+48+-+13+
+2s+-+13+=+35+
Jackson collects 24 shells
Petra collects 35 shells
Ty collects 35 shells
check:
+24+%2B+35+%2B+35+=+94+
+94+=+94+
OK