Question

Luis, Diego, and Cecil are going fishing.

Luis brings 4 cans of worms. Diego brings
3 cans of worms plus 2 extra worms. Cecil
brings 2 cans of worms. If they have a
total of 65 worms and each can contains
the same number of worms, how many
worms are in each can?

Answer 1

7

Explanation:

Answer 2

7 worms

Explanation:

Let each can have x worms, so we can say

Luis has 4x worms

Diego has 3x + 2 worms

Cecil has 2x worms

Since, in total they have 65 worms, we can write and equation and solve:

4x + 3x + 2 + 2x = 65

9x + 2 = 65

9x = 63

x = 63/9

x = 7

There are 7 worms in each can.