Question

David gets half as many emails a day as his wife Nicky does. Together they have a total of 147 emails for today. How many emails did Nicky receive and how many emails did David receive?

Answer 1

49 emails.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of emails received by Nicky each day = x

Since David gets half as many emails a day as his wife Nicky does

The number of emails received by David each day = x/2

Together they have a total of 147 emails for today.

Therefore:

`x+(x)/(2)=147`

We then solve for x.

`\begin{gathered} (3)/(2)x=147 \\ x=147*(2)/(3) \\ =98 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the number of emails received by David

=98/2

=49 emails.