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Answer:

x + 3x + 5 = 101

Explanation:

Consider your problem and think of an equation of each person. We know that Aylen has a certain amount of money, which will be x. Rich though has 5 more than 3 times Aylen.

Aylen: x amount of money

Rich: 5 more than 3 times the amount of money of Aylen.

5 more indicates addition, 3 times indicates multiplication

So then:

Rich: 5 + 3x (where x is the amount of money of Aylen)

Now both of them have $101 together, in other words, if you add up their money they would have $101. So we add their equations:

x + 5 + 3x = 101

Because the operation is addition, we can switch their places and the result will not change so the answer would be:

x + 3x + 5 = 101

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