Question

steve and tom sold 104 raffle tickets. steve sold 17 more than twice as many raffle tickets as tom. how many raffle tickets did each boy sell

Answer 1

\[steve=2tom+17\]\[steve+tom=104\]\[2tom+17=104-tom\]\[tom=87/3\]

Answer 2

let no of tickets sold by Tom = x
no of tickets sold by Steve = 2x + 17

x + 2x + 17 = 104
3x = 104 - 17
x = 87/3
x = 29

so Tom sold 29 tickets
Steve sold 75 tickets