Three friends fill bags with trash at a neighborhood cleanup. Randall's bag weighs 3x-7 pounds, Seth's bag weighs 2x - 10 pounds, and joanna's bag weighs 2x+2 pounds. Together, Randall's and Joanna's bags weigh 3 times as much as Seth's bag. How many pounds of trash does each friend pick up?

Randall=68 pounds, Seth's=40, Joanna's=52

Step-by-step explanation:

Randall's = 3x-7

Seth's = 2x-10

Joanna's = 2x+2

Randall's + Joanna's = 3 (Seth's)

Find X:

Find how many pounds of trash each friend picked up:

Randall's:

Seth's:

Joanna's:

Double check your answers:

Randall's+Joanna's= Seth's(3)

68+52=40(3)

120=120

You're good to go!

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step-by-step explanation:

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step-by-step explanation:

(x,y)

x tells you how much left or right you go from the origin

y tells you how much down or up you go from the origin

so for example (-3,2), you go left 3 and up twice. i denoted which of the ordered pairs is which in my graph.