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Ben, Claire, and Jay sold raffle tickets. Ben sold 3 times as many raffle tickets as Claire. Jay sold 5 times as many raffle tickets as Claire. If Ben sold 18 raffle tickets, what was the total number of raffle tickets sold?
4 years ago

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mathhelper
Claire sold x tickets
then Ben sold 3x tickets
and Jay sold 5x tickets
given: 3x = 18

find x, and away you go .
4 years ago

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