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A school rewards students for good work by giving them merit points. James has x merit points. Sarah has four times as many merit points than james. Robert has 68 fewer merit points than james. Each merit point is worth 3 pence. All three of the students have a total of £15.60. Work out how many merit points each student has.

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14.31= x +3x+ (x-43)
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