Question

Bob has three times as many baseball cards as bill. Together they have a total of 68 cards. How many cards does Bob have?

Answer 1

let's say that x=bill's cards
Then Bob's cards is 3x
and those added up is 68

so x + 3x = 68

so calculate for x, which tells you how many cards bill has.
then multiply that by 3 to know how many cards bob has.

Answer 2

So the answer is bob has how many cards?

Answer 3

do you know how to find out what x is?

Answer 4

uh multiply 68 by 3

Answer 5

no, we start with x + 3x = 68
so add up the left side. that gives 4x = 68
then divide both sides by 4. that gives x = 17

this means that Bill has 17 cards.

we know that Bob has 3 times as many cards as Bill

so 17 x 3 = 51

Answer 6

Ohh i get it thanks:)

Answer 7

no problem