Garrett has one dollar less than three times as much money as liz has. together they have $179. how much money does garett have?

 The required amount of money that Garrett has is 134.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that Garrett has one dollar less than three times as much money as Liz has and together they have $179.

We are to find the money that Garrett has.

Let $x and $y represents the amount of money that Garrett and Liz has respectively.

Then, according to the given information, we have

Substituting the value of x from equation (i) in (ii), we get

So, from equation (i), we get

Thus, the required amount of money that Garrett has is 134.

y=mx+b is the final answer!   : )