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Barry swam three times as many laps as George plus one more lap. Barry swam 25 laps. how many laps did George swim?

User Vikas
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so barry swam 3 times george+1
b=3g+1
25=3g+1
subtrac 1 from btoh sdies
24=3g
divide by 3
8=g
george=8
george swam 8 laps
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