Question

Mandy, Carly, and Armond collect sports jerseys. Carly has 5 more jerseys than Mandy, and

Armond has three times as any jerseys as Carly. Altogether, they have 80 jerseys. Find the
number of jerseys each person has.
(1 Point)
Enter your answer using c for Carly, m for Mandy and a for Armond.
Enter your math answer

Answer 1

m=12
c=17
a=51

Step-by-step explanation:

m+c+a=80

C=m+5
if a=3c, then a=3(m+5)

therefore,
m+m+5+3(m+5)=80
2m+3m+20=80
5m=60
m=12

and then just substitute 12 for m while solving the other values