Together, Steve and Tom sold 79 raffle tickets for their school. Steve sold 13 more than twice as many raffle tickets as Tom. Ho
w many raffle tickets did each boy sell?
How many tickets did Tom sell?
How many tickets did Tom sell?
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Distribute the 8 and 14 into the parentheses:
24x + 8 = 28x
Subtract 24x from both sides:
8 = 4x
Divide both sides by 4:
x = 2