Travis, jessica ,and robin are collecting donations for the school band. travis wants to collect 20% more than jessica, and robin wants to collect 35% more than travis. if the students meet their goals and travis collects $4,how much money did they collect in all?

They collected $12.73 in all.

Step-by-step explanation:

This problem can be solved by a simple system of equations.

I am going to say that x is the quantity that Travis collects, y the quantity that Jessica collects and z the quantity that Robin collects.

The problems asks how much money did they collect in all?

So

Solution

The problem states that Travis wants to collect 20% more than Jessica, so:

Robin wants to collect 35% more than Travis, so:

Travis collects $4, so . So:

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The total is:

They collected $12.73 in all.