SOLUTION: Together, Steve and Tom sold 119 raffle tickets for their school. Steve sold 15 more than three times as many raffle tickets as Tom. How many raffle tickets did each boy sell?

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Question 896865: Together, Steve and Tom sold 119 raffle tickets for their school. Steve sold 15 more than three times as many raffle tickets as Tom. How many raffle tickets did each boy sell?
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Together, Steve and Tom sold 119 raffle tickets for their school. Steve sold 15 more than three times as many raffle tickets as Tom. How many raffle tickets did each boy sell?
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let x=number of tickets Tom sold
3x+15=number of tickets Steve sold
x+3x+15=119
4x=104
x=26
3x+15=93
number of tickets Tom sold=26
number of tickets Steve sold=93