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Marcus uses 3 times as much lace as Jane. Together they use 64 inches. How much lace does each person use

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Marcus 48
Jane 16
j+3j=64
4j =64
j=16
User Cawa
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Let Jane use 'X' lace.
Then,
Marcus uses '3X' lace [ according to the question]
Here,
X + 3X = 64
4X = 64
X = 16

So, Jane uses 16 laces and
Marcus uses 3*16 = 48 laces
User Purush Pawar
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