Question

Nicole, Miguel, and Samuel served a total of 115 orders Monday at the school cafeteria. Miguel served 3 times as many orders as Samuel. Nicole served 10 more orders than Samuel. How many orders did they each serve?

Answer 1

Samuel = 21 orders

Nicole = 31 orders

Miguel = 63 orders

Explanation:

Let N represent Nicole's orders, M represents Miguel's orders, and S represent Samuel's orders.

We know that the sum of their tree orders equals 115 as

N + M + S = 115

Since Miguel served 3 times as many orders as Samuel, we know that

M = 3S.

Since Nicole served 10 more orders than Samuel, we know that

N = S + 10

Samuel's Orders:

Now we can plug in 3S for M and S + 10 for N to find S, the number of Samuel's orders:

S + 10 + 3S + S = 115

5S + 10 = 115

5S = 105

S = 21

Thus, Samuel served 21 orders.

Nicole's Orders:

Now we can plug in 21 for S in N = S + 10 to determine how many orders Nicole served:

N = 21 + 10

N = 31

Thus, Nicole served 31 orders.

Miguel's Orders:

Now we plug in 19 for S in M = 3S to determine how many orders Miguel served:

M = 3(21)

M = 63

Thus, Miguel served 63 orders.