The junior high band sold candy for the fundraiser. the profit from the candy sale was $180. the girls sold three times as much candy as the boys. how much of the total profit did the boys provide?

Let X the price of candy the girls sold
and Y for the boys
so we have X + Y = 180
                   and X = 3Y
so X + Y = 180
     X - 3Y =0
is a system of equation for solving
it is 4Y=180 implies Y= 45, and X =3Y =3 .45 =135

so the boys did provide $45

It’s 24.6 after you round to the nearest tenths the answer should be 25.0