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.