Bill has 5 times as many baseball cards as Fred. Time has 3 fewer than 4 times as many baseball cards as Fred. In all they have 167 baseball cards. How many does each have? Bill has 5 times as many baseball cards as Fred. Time has 3 fewer than 4 times as many baseball cards as Fred. In all they have 167 baseball cards. How many does each have? @Mathematics

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Bill has 5 times as many baseball cards as Fred.     Time has 3 fewer than 4 times as many baseball cards as Fred.     In all they have 167 baseball cards.     How many does each have? Bill has 5 times as many baseball cards as Fred.     Time has 3 fewer than 4 times as many baseball cards as Fred.     In all they have 167 baseball cards.     How many does each have? @Mathematics

turingtest · Answer

b=5f
t=4f-3
b+t+f=167

three equations with three unknowns. definitely solvable.

anonymous · Answer

thats it?

turingtest · Answer

Do you know how to solve systems of equations? It is easy but takes a while. I don't want to go through it all right now. You can either wait for someone else to give you the answer, or try it yourself and post what you do online so I can see where you made a mistake.