x=semir
y=sarah
z=sung
semir sold 3 times as many meals as sarah
x=3*y
sung sold 2 more meals than sarah.
z=2+y
y=y
so
3*y + y + (2+y) = meals sold
you can simplify more
3y+2y+2
semir, sarah and sung so decided to raise money for a local homeless shelter by working in a local deli. the deli agreed to donate to the shelter a portion of the profits from each meal the three sold. semir sold 3 times as many meals as sarah. sung sold 2 more meals than sarah.
wtire an expression for the number of meals that each sold?
???? I don't know how many sarah sold. Im confused on getting an expression.
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let sarah's sales be x
then semir sold 3x
and sung sold x+2
then semir sold 3x
and sung sold x+2
3y+y+2y
3y+2y+2
I don't understand what was the answer to the total of their sales.