Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH152/April 2015/Question B 1 (a)/Hint 1

Express the three statements (1) "All together they owe $600", (2) "Duo owes $200 more than Uno", and (3) "Uno and Duo combined owe as much as Traea" as equations in $x_{1}$, $x_{2}$, and $x_{3}$ first. For instance, (1) may be expressed as $x_{1}+x_{2}+x_{3}=600$.