Question

Alex (A) has twice as much money as Jennifer (J)

Jenifer(J) has $6 less than Shannon (S)

Together they have $54

What would you use to represent Alex?

What would we use to represent Jennifer?

What would we use to represent the total that they have?

Answer 1

answer:

Alex 2× jennifer

shannon has 6 more than jennifer

all we need to find is jennifer we gonna take x=jennifer

alex shannon jennifer

2x + x-6 +x = 54

4x =48

x = 12

jennifer has$ 12

alex has

2 × 12 =$24

shannon

12 +6 = $ 18