A girl scout troop sold cookies. If the girls sold 5 more boxes the second week than they did the first, and if they doubled the sales of the second week for the third week to sell a total of 431 boxes of cookies, how many did they sell each week?

Answer 1

Say x is the number of boxes sold in week 1, then:

Boxes in week 1: x
Boxes in week 2: x + 5
Boxes in week 3: 2x + 10

Total boxes = 4x + 15
4x + 15 = 431
x = 104

So in week 1 there was sold
x = 104
in week 2:
x + 5 = 109
in week 3:
2x + 10 = 218

Answer 2

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