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A hospital needs a supply of an expensive medicine. Company A has the most supply available, 1.7 milligrams, which is twice
the difference between the weight of Company B's supply and Company C's, and 0.9 milligram more than Company C's supply.How many milligrams can the hospital get from these three companies?

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The hospital can get 4.15 milligrams from these three companies.

A linear equation is one in which the highest power of any variable is not more than 1. A linear equation in 2 variables can be solved by substitution method, if we have two simultaneous equations.

Here, we know that

Company A's supply of medicine = 1.7 mg

also, company A's supply = 2( B's supply - C's supply)

⇒ 1.7 = 2( B - C)

⇒ 1.7 = 2B - 2C .... (1)

Moreover, we are given that

A's supply = C's supply + 0.9

⇒ 1.7 = C + 0.9

⇒ 1.7 - 0.9 = C

⇒ 0.8 = C

Now, substituting the value of C in (1), we get,

1.7 = 2B - 2(0.8)

1.7 = 2B - 1.6

1.7 + 1.6 = 2B

⇒ B = 3.3/2

B = 1.65

Thus, the total supply from all three companies is (1.7 + 1.65 + 0.8) = 4.15 mg

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