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

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