Three girls download a total of 36 songs on their iPods. Jane downloaded twice as many as Inez and since Tracy wanted to have th

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Three girls download a total of 36 songs on their iPods. Jane downloaded twice as many as Inez and since Tracy wanted to have th

e most she downloaded one more than Jane did. How many songs did each girl download?

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lesya692 [45] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-01T16:52:29+03:00

lesya692 [45]3 years ago

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J + i + t = 36
j = 2i
t = j + 1.....t = 2i + 1

(2i + 1) + i + (2i) = 36
5i + 1 = 36
5i = 36 - 1
5i = 35
i = 35/5
i = 7 <=== Inez downloaded 7 songs

j = 2i = 2(7) = 14 <==Jane downloaded 14 songs
t = 2i + 1 = 2(7) + 1 = 15 <== Tracy downloaded 15 songs