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5. Marcus, Alaina, and Tory recorded the number of text messages they sent on a certain day. Marcus sent 24 text messages, Alaina sent 8 fewer messages than Marcus, and Tory sent twice as many messages
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5. Marcus, Alaina, and Tory recorded the number of text messages

they sent on a certain day. Marcus sent 24 text messages, Alaina
sent 8 fewer messages than Marcus, and Tory sent twice as many
messages as Alaina. What is the ratio of the number of texts that Tory
sent to the total number of texts sent by all three friends?

User Muyueh
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Explanation:

Marcus 24

Alaina 24 - 8 = 16

Tory 16×2 = 32

in total they sent

24 + 16 + 32 = 72

the ratio of Tory's texts to the total of all 3 friends is

32/72 = 4/9

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