SOLUTION: Together, Steve and Tom sold 123 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 903842: Together, Steve and Tom sold 123 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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s=Steve
t=Tom
s+t=123
s=15+3t
4t=108
Tom=27
Steve=96