Lucy, Luke, and Lilly went trick-or-treating on Halloween. After they finished, they compared the amount of candy they all had. Luke had twice the amount Lilly had, and Lucy had 15 less than 3 times the amount Lilly had. If together, they had 225 candies, how many candies did Lucy have? PLEASE HELP URGENT
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Let think talk about these clues we have right now…
Luke is x2 more than Lily.
Luce is 45 less candy than Lily since 3 times 15.
225 candys in total…
Let make a random guess…
Lily: 70
Luke: 140
Lucy: 35
Total: 245
Now we know that there must be a half candy since it’s a odd number at the end of that…
Lily: 67.5
Luke: 135
Lucy: 22.5
Total: 225
But we are asked for only Lucy…
So the answer to this problem is 22.5.