Question

​together, steve and tom sold 7777 raffle tickets for their school. steve sold 1414 more than twicetwice as many raffle tickets as tom. how many raffle tickets did each boy​ sell? how many tickets did tom​ sell? nothing

Answer 1

Steve = S , Tom = T
1) S+T = 7777
2) S= 1414 + 2T

put 2) in 1)

1414+2T + T = 7777
1414 +3T = 7777
3T = 6363
so T = 2121
then Steve sold 1414+2(2121) = 1414+4242=5656 tickets
while Tom sold 2121 tickets