(Im not very good with word problems)
Together Steve and Tom sold 109 raffle tckets for their school. Steve sold 13 more than 3 times as many raffle tickets as Tom. How many tickets did each boy sell?

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(Im not very good with word problems)
Together Steve and Tom sold 109 raffle tckets for their school. Steve sold 13 more than 3 times as many raffle tickets as Tom. How many tickets did each boy sell?

nikato · Answer

let
s= # of tickets steve sold
and 
t=# of tickets Tom sold

so s+ t=109

miracrown · Answer

We can assume that Steve sold x tickets and Tom sold y tickets.
They sold 109 tickets together. That means x+y=109.

nikato · Answer

steve sold 13 more than 3 times Tom
so
s= 13+ 3t

nikato · Answer

substitute this second equation into the first equation

13+3t +t=109

and now solve for t

anonymous · Answer

got it thanks!

nikato · Answer

ok. you're welcome