together steve and tom sold 104 raffle tickets for their school steve sold 17 more than twice as many raffle tickets as tom how many raffle tickets did each boy

Question

together Steve and tom sold 104 raffle tickets for their school Steve sold 17 more than twice as many raffle tickets as tom how many raffle tickets did each boy sell?

Answer 1

let x = # of tickets tom sold

2x + 17 = number of tickets steve sold

 

x + 2x + 17 = 104

3x = 87

x = 29 (tom)

 

2x + 17 = 75 (steve)