Question

Carly has 5 times as many markers as camden.Toegether they have 30 markers.How many markers does Carly have? How many markers does Camden have

Answer 1

Carly has 5 and Camden has 6

5x6=30

Answer 2

number of markers Camden has =
`5`

number of markers Carly has =
`25`

Explanation:

Let the number of markers Camden has = x

now it is given that Carly has 5 times as many markers as Camden has

Number of markers Carly has = 5 ( number of markers Camden has )

=
`5x`

now the total number of markers = 30

number of markers with Carly + number of markers with Camden = 30

so we have

`5x+x = 30`

`6x =30` ( adding like terms x and 5x)

`x=(30)/(6)` ( dividing both sides by 6)

`x= 5`

hence we have

number of markers Camden has =
`x=5`

number of markers Carly has =
`5x= 5(5) = 25`