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

jim766 · Answer

start by naming you variables
B will be the number of cards Bill has
T will be the number of cards Time has (what kind of name is that anyway?)

Bill has 5times cards as Time
   B  =   5T                  this is our first equation

Bill and Time have 167 cards together
  B   +  T    = 167       this is our other equation

follow me so far

jim766 · Answer

Time has 3 fewer than 4 times # of cards as Fred
   T    =   4T - 3     here is another equation

jim766 · Answer

are you sure you have this problem written correctly?
usually wont have 3 equations with only two variables