Question

Diego has 4times as many autographed baseballs as Melanie has. Diego has 24 autographed baseballs does Melanie have?

Answer 1

24 divided by 4 is 6
Melanie has 6

Answer 2

Let

x----------> number of autographed baseballs Diego has

y----------> number of autographed baseballs Melanie has

we know that

`x=4y`

equation
`1`

`x=24`

equation
`2`

equate equation
`2` and equation
`1`

`4y=24\\\\ y=(24)/(4) \\\\ y=6`

therefore

the answer is

`6` autographed baseballs