Alvin, Simon and Theodore do volunteer work at Adopt-a-Pet Animal Shelter. They worked a total of 284 hours at the shelter last summer. Alvin worked 15 hours more than Simon. Theodore worked 6 less than three times as many hours as Simon.

Write and solve an equation that expresses the relationship between the number of hours each person worked last summer and the total number of hours worked. Define the variable used in your equation. SHOW ALL WORK!!!!

How many hours did each person work?

Again, SHOW ALL WORK!!!!