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Math homework help! Word problem.?
I don't want to know the answer. Please don't tell me the answer. I want to work it out for myself. I just need help figuring out the correct formula and method for the following word problem.
2) Revenues for the top three companies in 1997, General Motors, Ford, and Exxon, totaled $453 billion. If Ford’s revenue was $31 billion greater than Exxon’s, and General Motor’s revenue was $25 billion greater than Ford’s, then what was the 1997 revenue for each company? If you look at the top three companies for 2007 ExxonMobil, Wal-Mart, and GM, what do you think made the current companies take the 1, 2, and 3 spot?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Im not going to give you to much help but I belive that you are looking at it as a really hard problem and while i have not figured it out i think from expereince working backwards will help alot beter than a formula would.
- 1 decade ago
What you need to do is get rid of two of the variables in Ford+GM+Exxon=453. You are given the comparitive values for each, so instead of "Ford", for example, use 31billion + Exxon. Get the idea?
