Three waiters at a local restaurant earned different amounts of money the past week. Jennifer earned $40 less than twice the amo

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jeyben [28]

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Three waiters at a local restaurant earned different amounts of money the past week. Jennifer earned $40 less than twice the amo

unt Tony earned. Chris earned $60 more than Tony. How much did each waiter earn if the total of all three was $900?

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Nataly_w [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-04T02:43:27+03:00

Let x be the amount earned by Tony. With this representation, Jennifer earned 2x - 40 and Chris earned x + 60. The amounts they earned should sum up to 900. The equation is,
x + (2x - 40) + (x + 60) = 900
The value of x is 220. Therefore, Tony earned $220. Jennifer and Chris earned $400 and $280, respectively.