Abby delivers twice as many newspapers as Jillian, and Brandy delivers 50 more papers than Abbey. How many papers does each deliver if the total number of papers delivered is 550?

x + 2x + 2x + 50 = 550

5x = 500

x = 100

Julian delivers 100 papers.

Unisa student

i think is 100

To solve this problem, let's assign variables to the number of papers delivered by each person. Let:

- Abby deliver A newspapers
- Jillian deliver J newspapers
- Brandy deliver B newspapers

We have three pieces of information from the problem statement:

1. Abby delivers twice as many newspapers as Jillian: A = 2J
2. Brandy delivers 50 more papers than Abby: B = A + 50
3. The total number of papers delivered is 550: A + J + B = 550

We can now substitute the values from the first two equations into the third equation to solve for the variables. Substituting A = 2J into the third equation, we get:

2J + J + (2J + 50) = 550

Simplifying the equation, we have:

5J + 50 = 550

Subtracting 50 from both sides of the equation, we get:

5J = 500

Dividing both sides of the equation by 5, we find:

J = 100

Now that we know the value of J, we can find the values of A and B using the first two equations:

A = 2J = 2 * 100 = 200
B = A + 50 = 200 + 50 = 250

Therefore, Abby delivers 200 newspapers, Jillian delivers 100 newspapers, and Brandy delivers 250 newspapers.