Question

hillary has 4 more dolls than jill. Annmarie has 5 less than 2 times as many folks than hill. if they have 27 dolls all together how many dolls does annmarie have

Answer 1

Annmarie has 7 dolls

Explanation:

Let's say Jill has x number of dolls.

According to the problem, Hillary has 4 more dolls than Jill.

So, Hillary has x + 4 number of dolls.

Also, Annmarie has 5 less than 2 times as many dolls as Hillary.

So, Annmarie has (2 * (x + 4)) - 5 number of dolls.

The total number of dolls they have combined is given as 27.

Therefore, we can write an equation: x + (x + 4) + (2*(x+4))-5 = 27

Simplifying the equation, we get 4x+11 = 27

So, 4x = 16

Hence, x = 4

This means Jill has 4 dolls. Therefore, Hillary has 4+4=8 dolls.

Substituting the value of x in the equation for Annmarie, we get (2*(4+4)) - 5 = 7.

So Annmarie has 7 dolls.

Therefore, Annmarie has 7 dolls.