Question

Over the last three evenings, Jane received a total of 123 phone calls at the call center. The second evening, she received 4 times as many calls as
the third evening. The first evening, she received 9 fewer calls than the third evening. How many phone calls did she receive each evening?
Number of phone calls the first evening:

Answer 1

Answer:

13,88,22

On the first evening Jamie received 13 calls.

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of phone calls received by Jamie over three evenings = 123

Let the number of phone calls received on the third evening = x.

The number of phone calls received on the second evening = 4*x.

The number of phone calls received on the first evening = $x-9$

Expressing in equation form:

$\[x+4x+x-9=123\]$

$\[=>6x-9=123\]$

$\[=>6x=132\]$

$\[=>x=\frac{132}{6}\]$

$\[=>x=22\]$

So Jamie received 22 calls on the third evening, 88 calls on the second evening and 13 calls on the third evening.