SOLUTION: maria, amy and sadie share food expenses. amy pays $10 a month less than maria. sadie pays twice as much as amy. if the monthly food bill is $310, how much does each pay?

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Question 702590: maria, amy and sadie share food expenses. amy pays $10 a month less than maria. sadie pays twice as much as amy. if the monthly food bill is $310, how much does each pay?
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Let represent Maria's expense. Then is Amy's, and is Sadie's. And the sum is $310.



Solve for , then calculate and

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