Word problems please help

Question

Raina, Kevin, and Dan sent a total of 

104

 text messages during the weekend. Dan sent 

2

 times as many messages as Raina. Kevin sent 

8

 more messages than Raina. How many messages did they each send?

Answer 1

x = number sent by Raina

2x = number sent by Dan

x + 8 = number sent by Kevin

x + 2x + (x + 8) = 104

4x = 96

x = 24

You finish from here, and be sure to test your answer.