Ann, chang, and kareem sent a total of 89 text messages over their cell phones during the weekend. ann sent 9 fewer messages than chang. kareem sent 3 times as many messages as ann. how many messages did they each send? number of text messages ann sent: number of text messages chang sent:

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Ann, Chang, and Kareem sent a total of 89 text messages over their cell phones during the weekend. Ann sent 9 fewer messages than Chang. Kareem sent 3 times as many messages as Ann.

Let number of messages Chang sent be x. And Ann sent 9 fewer than Chang, so Ann sent (x-9) messages. And Kareem sent 3 times as many messages as Ann, so Kareem sent 3(x-9) messages.

And the total messages are 89. That is

Combining like terms

So Chang sent 25 messages, Ann sent

And Kareem sent

yes the total will be same because in both of them the expression.is rearranged but their sign remains the same hence it hss just been shuffled

i think it is 18

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