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Question

In a donation drive, team A and team B collected a total of $12 795. Team C and team D collected a total of $17 245. Team A and team C collected the same amount of money. Team D collected 6 times as much money as team B. How much money did team D collect?

Answer 1

A+B=12795

C+D=17245

A=C

D=6B

By substitutions, the 2nd equation becomes A+6B=17245 Therefore:

A+B+5B=17245

12795+5B=17245

5B=4450

Solve for B and then you can derive A,C and D