Question

allison has 5 times as many baseball cards as football cards.In all, she has 120 baseball and football cards.How many baseball cards does she have ?

Answer 1

B = 5*F OR

A) B -5*F = 0

B) B + F =120

Multiplying equation A) by minus one

A) -B +5F = 0 then adding B

B) B + F =120

Adding both equations

6 F = 120 so F= 20 football cards and there are 100 baseball cards.

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