Question

over the last three evenings , lucy received a total of 62 phone calls at the call center. the third evening she received 2 times as many calls as the second evening. the first evening she received 6 fewer cells than the second evening how many phone calls did she receive each evening

Answer 1

Given:

Total number of calls over the last three evenings = 62 phone calls

Let the number of calls received on the second evening = x

The third evening she received 2 times as many calls as the second evening.

So, the number of calls on the third evening = 2x

The first evening she received 6 fewer cells than the second evening

So, the number of calls on the first evening = x - 6

So, as the total calls = 62

`(x-6)+x+2x=62`

Solve for x:

`\begin{gathered} 4x-6=62 \\ 4x=68 \\ x=(68)/(4)=17 \end{gathered}`

So, the answer will be:

The number of calls on the first evening = x - 6 = 11 calls

The number of call on the second evening = x = 17 calls

The number of calls on the third evening = 2x = 34 calls