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Heather, Kareem, and Chris served a total of 81 orders Monday at the school cafeteria, Chris served 2 times as many orders

as Heather, Kareem served 5 more orders than Heather How many orders did they each serve?

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Answer: Heather served 15 orders, Kareem served 20 orders, and Chris served 30 orders.

Step-by-step explanation: Let H be the number of orders that Heather served, K be the number of orders that Kareem served, and C be the number of orders that Chris served.

We are given that C = 2*H and K = H + 5.

We are also given that H + K + C = 81.

Substituting the expressions for C and K into the equation, we get:

H + (H + 5) + (2*H) = 81

5*H + 5 = 81

5*H = 76

H = 15

Since Heather served 15 orders, Kareem served 15 + 5 = 20 orders and Chris served 2*15 = 30 orders.

Therefore, Heather served 15 orders, Kareem served 20 orders, and Chris served 30 orders.

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