3 waiters at a local restaurant earned different amounts of money the past week. Jennifer earned $40 less than twice the amount tony earned. Chris earned $60 more than Tony. How much did each waiter earn if they earned a total of $900?

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anonymous · Answer

(2x - 40) + x + (x + 60) = 900
I'm going on a whim here, but (2x - 40) represents Jennifer.
x+60 represents Chris
and x represents Tonys earnings. So just solve for x.

zepdrix · Answer

Hey reba :)
These can be kinda tricky, we'll have to set up a system of equations.
Let's try to do it piece by piece.

zepdrix · Answer

`Jennifer earned 40 less than twice the amount tony earned`.
Let's use letters to shorten this down.
I'm going to rewrite the sentence as,

`Jennifer's amount` `is` `twice tony's amount` `minus` `40`
that's what 40 less than means ^
Using math symbols we can write this as:$$\Large\rm J=2T-40$$Where J is Jennifer's amount,
and T is Tony's amount.

zepdrix · Answer

Closed? Oh you figure it out already? :o my bad.

anonymous · Answer

ty all