together, steve and tom sold 7777 raffle tickets for their school. steve sold 1414 more than twicetwice as many raffle tickets

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lesantik [10]

4 years ago

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together, steve and tom sold 7777 raffle tickets for their school. steve sold 1414 more than twicetwice as many raffle tickets

as tom. how many raffle tickets did each boy sell? how many tickets did tom sell? nothing

Mathematics

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storchak [24] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-22T07:45:45+03:00

storchak [24]4 years ago

5 0

Steve = S , Tom = T
1) S+T = 7777
2) S= 1414 + 2T

put 2) in 1)

1414+2T + T = 7777
1414 +3T = 7777
3T = 6363
so T = 2121
then Steve sold 1414+2(2121) = 1414+4242=5656 tickets
while Tom sold 2121 tickets

​together, steve and tom sold 7777 raffle tickets for their school. steve sold 1414 more than twicetwice as many raffle tickets

together, steve and tom sold 7777 raffle tickets for their school. steve sold 1414 more than twicetwice as many raffle tickets