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The chart below shows the amount spent by three U.S. airlines to fly one available seat one mile in the fourth quarter of 2000.  Airline  Continental  SkyWest  SouthWest  Cost 9.8 cents 20.3 cents 7.8 cents \begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Airline } & \text { Continental } & \text { SkyWest } & \text { SouthWest } \\\hline \text { Cost } & 9.8 \text { cents } & 20.3 \text { cents } & 7.8 \text { cents } \\\hline\end{array}
Suppose that, on a 2000-mile Miami-Memphis flight, Continental, SkyWest, and SouthWest flew a total of 170 empty seats, costing them a total of $48,520. If SkyWest had twice as many empty seats as SouthWest, how many empty seats did each of these three airlines carry on its flight


A) Continental: 50
SkyWest: 70
SouthWest: 40

B) Continental: 50
SkyWest: 70
SouthWest: 50

C) Continental: 50
SkyWest: 80
SouthWest: 40

D) Continental: 60
SkyWest: 70
SouthWest: 50

E) Continental: 60
SkyWest: 80
SouthWest: 40

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