Heather's family bought tickets at a local carnival. Her brother took 1/5 the number of tickets that her cousin took, which was half the number Heather took. If her brother took ten tickets, how many tickets did Heather take?

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Heather's family bought tickets at a local carnival. Her brother took 1/5 the number of tickets that her cousin took, which was half the number Heather took. If her brother took ten tickets, how many tickets did Heather take?

10

25

50

100

amistre64 · Answer

Her brother took 1/5 the number of tickets that her cousin took
    b = c/5

which was half the number Heather took. 
    c = h/2


If her brother took ten tickets, how many tickets did Heather take?
  if b=10, what is h ?

amistre64 · Answer

b = c/5 ;  c = 5b

5b = h/2;  h = 10b

anonymous · Answer

@amistre64 ty!