Homework Help: math

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 5:26pm.

belle bought packages of beads for her project. ben bought twice as many packages as belle. micalla bought three times as many packages as belle. altogether, they bought 24 packages of beads. how many packages did each person buy?

math - Ms. Sue, Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 5:31pm
Let b = Belle's purchase

b + 2b + 3b = 24
6b = 24
b = 4

I'm sure you can finish this problem.

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