A new cruise ship line has just launched 3 new ships: the Pacific

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Paradise, the Caribbean Paradise and the....? A new cruise ship line has just launched 3 new ships: the Pacific Paradise, the Caribbean Paradise and the Mediterranean Paradise. The Caribbean Paradise has 37 more deluxe staterooms then the Pacific Paradise. The Mediterranean Paradise has 40 fewer deluxe staterooms than four times the number of deluxe staterooms on the Pacific Paradise. Find the number of the deluxe staterooms for each ships if the total number of the deluxe staterooms for the three ships is 1149.

 

[barker67860]

b = a + 37
c = a*4 - 40
a + b + c = 1149

1149 = a + a+37 + 4a-40
1149 = 6a - 3
1152 = 6a
192 = a

b = a + 37
b = 192 + 37
b = 229

c = a * 4 - 40
c = 728

pacific = 192
carribean = 229
mediterranean = 728