| Webster Wells - Algebra - 1885 - 324 pages
...A, B, and С together have $66. A has one-half as much as B, and С has as much as A and B together. How much has each? Let x — the number of dollars A has. Then 2x = the number of dollars B has, and x -!- 2 x, or 3 x = the number of dollars С has. By the... | |
| Webster Wells - Algebra - 1885 - 370 pages
...A, B, and C together have $66. A has one-half as much as B, and C has as much as A and B together. How much has each ? Let x = the number of dollars A has. Then 2 x — the number of dollars B has, and x + Zx, or 3x — the number of dollars C has. By the... | |
| David Martin Sensenig - Algebra - 1889 - 388 pages
...and B four times as much as now, A would have $800 more than B. How much has each ? Suggestion. — Let x = the number of dollars A has, and у = the number of dollars B has. Now, since they together have $500, x + у = 500 (A) Since 3 times A's sum exceeds 4 times B's... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1890 - 518 pages
...second 27, mill's. 40. A had twice as much money as B ; but if A gives B $ 10, B will have three times as much as A. How much has each ? Let x = the number of dollars B has. Then, 2x = the number of dollars A has. x + 10= the number of dollars B will have if A gives... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1891 - 380 pages
...Exercise 65. 1. If A gives В $100, A will then have half as much money as В ; but if В gives A $100, B will have one-third as much as A. How much has each? 2. If the greater of two numbers is divided by the smaller, the quotient is 4 and the remainder 0.37... | |
| James Morford Taylor - Algebra - 1893 - 362 pages
...A, B, and С together have $ 90. B has twice as much as A, and С has as much as A and B together. How much has each ? Let x = the number of dollars A has ; then 2 x = the number of dollars B has ; hence Or = the number of dollars С has. .•. x + 2x +... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1894 - 520 pages
...Page 180. 1. If A gives B $ 100, A will then have half as much money as B ; but if B gives A $ 100, B will have one-third as much as A. How much has each? Let x= the number of dollars A has, 3nd у = the number of dollars B has. Then, after A gives B $ 100, x — 100 = the number of dollars... | |
| Webster Wells - Algebra - 1897 - 434 pages
...years in A's age. 3. A, B, and С together have $ 66. A has one-half as much as B, and С has 3 times as much as A. How much has each? Let x = the number of dollars A has. Then, 2 x = the number of dollars В has, and 3 x = the number of dollars С has. By the conditions,... | |
| Webster Wells - Algebra - 1897 - 422 pages
...years in A's age. 3. A, B, and C together have $66. A has one-half as much as B, and C has 3 times as much as A. How much has each? Let x = the number of dollars A has. Then, 2 x = the number of dollars B has, and 3 x = the number of dollars C has. By the conditions,... | |
| Webster Wells - Algebra - 1897 - 522 pages
...years in A's age. 3. A, B, and С together have $66. A has one-half as much as B, and С has 3 times as much as A. How much has each ? Let x = the number of dollars A has. Then, 2 x = the number of dollars В has, and 3 x = the number of dollars С has. By the conditions,... | |
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