ms. jeffers is splitting $775 among her three sons. of the oldest gets twice as much as the youngest and the middle son gets $35 more than the youngest, how kuch does each boy get ?

Answer 1

Hi Lilly,

If you think of the amount the youngest gets as Y

The middle son M = Y + $35, or the youngest plus $35

The oldest son O = 2Y, or twice as much as the youngest

Added together, the total is $775

If you put this together into a math sentence or equation, you will have:

2Y + (Y + $35) + Y = $775 so now you can solve for Y, the youngest, and then use that to get the other two values.