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during practice, maggie ran 3 more laps than tasha. sonia ran 5 more laps than tasha carmen ran 2 fewer laps than sonia sonia ran ran 6 laps how many laps did each girl run

 Oct 3, 2015
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therte is not an answer for this

 Oct 3, 2015
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Using the initial letter of each girl's names only:

 

m = t + 3  (1)

s = t + 5   (2)

c = s - 2   (3)

s = 6        (4)

 

Use (4) in (2) 

6 = t + 5  so t = 1   (5)

 

Use (4) in (3)

c = 6 - 2  so c = 4

 

Use (5) in (1)

m = 1 + 3  so m = 4

 Oct 4, 2015

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