Question

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A new cruise ship line has just launched 3 new ships: the Pacific Paradise, the Caribbean Paradise, and the Mediterranean ParadiseThe Caribbean Paradise has 16 more deluxe staterooms than the Pacific Paradise. The Mediterranean Paradise has 28 fewer deluxe staterooms than four times the number of deluxe staterooms on the Pacific Paradise Find the number of deluxe staterooms for each of the ships if the total number of deluxe staterooms for the three ships is 1176

ANSWERS MUST ADD UP TO 1176

Answer 1

Explanation:

x = number of deluxe staterooms on Pacific.

deluxe staterooms on Caribbean = x + 16

deluxe staterooms on Mediterranean = 4x - 28

1176 = x + (x + 16) + (4x - 28) = 6x - 12

1188 = 6x

x = 1188/6 = 198

so,

Pacific has 198 luxury staterooms.

Caribbean has 198 + 16 = 214 luxury staterooms.

Mediterranean has 4×198 - 28 = 792 - 28 = 764 luxury staterooms.