athletes from both Northville High School and southfield High school rode buses to get to a regional track meet westville. The northville team traveled x miles, and the southfield team traveled (3x - 12) miles. The total traveled by the two teams wwere 64 miles. How far did the Soouthfield team travel to get to the track meet?

Question

anonymous · Answer

x + 3x - 12 = 64, 
find x
Southfield team traveled (3x-12) miles

anonymous · Answer

or 27!

lolo · Answer

what?

yuki · Answer

x and 3x-12 are the total miles that they both traveled,
 since it is 64 miles

x + (3x-12) = 64

if you solve for it,

4x = 76

thus 

x = 19

anonymous · Answer

whoops, subtracted instead of added...

yuki · Answer

since the other traveled 3x-12,

3*19-12 = 57 - 12 = 35

anonymous · Answer

I GOT 25.3 LOL

yuki · Answer

oops, 45

yuki · Answer

cause 45 + 19 = 64
that makes more sense

lolo · Answer

which 1 Is the right answer if ANSWER THE QUESTION !!!!!!!