Question

bill has 5 times as many baseball cards as fred. Tim has 3 fewer than 4 times as many baseball cards as fred. In all they have 167 cards. How many does each have

Answer 1

let b represent the number of cards Bill has
and f represent the number of cards fred has
and t represent the number of cards tim has

Then b = 5f
And t = 4f - 3
and f = f

Altogther:
b + t + f = 167

In other words (5f) + (4f - 3) + (f) = 167

Solve for f, then t, then b

Answer 2

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