Question

The members of the student council are selling raffle tickets. The school decides that the top three raffle ticket sellers will share a portion of the profits. The second- place seller will receive $8 more han the third-place seller. The first-place seller will receive twice as much as the second-place seller. The profit portion they will share is $104. How much will each of the top three sellers receive?

Answer 1

I do math a little different so bare with me :)

104(total) - 24(8 for 2nd and 16 for 1st) = 80

80/3 = 26.6

if I did it right.

3rd place will receive $26.6
2nd will receive 26.6 + 8 = $34.6
and 1st will take 26.6 + 16 = $42.6