Mary and her brother John collect foreign coins. Mary has four times the number of coins that John has. Together they have 200 foreign coins.

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asked Feb 23, 2019 177k views

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Lhaferkamp · Answer 1 · 2019-02-24T18:56:43+0000

John has 40 coin and Mary has 160 coins because 40 times 4 equals 160 and 160 plus 40 equals 200 so Mary has 160 and John has 40

Andy Barnard · Answer 2 · 2019-02-27T07:39:28+0000

x + 4x = 150

5x = 150

x = 30

John has x = 30 coins

Mary has 4x = 4*30 = 120 coins.Let the number of coins John has be "x".

The the number of coins Mary has is "4x"