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During the summer, Cecile read twice as many books as Kami. Laura read three times as

many books as Kami. Gigi read the same number of books as Cecile, Laura, and Kami
combined. Gigi read 30 books. Write and solve an equation to find the number of books
each girl read.

User Jaspero
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Answer:

The equation

c x 2 > k

l x 3 ?> c > k

g = 30 = c + l + k

this equation is the same as...

Cecile read twice as many books as Kami.

Laura read 3 times as many books as Kami, but possibly less than Cecile.

Gigi read 30 books. 30 books is the same as all 3 girls combined.

To find out how many books each girl read, you need to find 3 unequal numbers that add up to 30. These numbers are substituted, only because they can be anything at all, and I want to prevent confusions.

hope this helps!

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