Question

Victor has 2 times as many as trophies as Dean. Together , víctor and Dean have 27 trophies . How many trophies does víctor have?

Answer 1

Vitor has 18 trophies and Dean has 9.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Victor has 18 trophies

Explanation:

Let's set up "let statements"

Let d = Dean's trophies

Since Victor has 2 times as many trophies as Dean, we can set up a let statement for Victor like this...

Let 2d = Victor's trophies

Now we can set up an equation! Since we know Dean and Victor have 27 trophies altogether...our equation has to involve addition...

2d + d = 27

Combine like terms...(2d and d)

3d = 27

Divide 3 on both sides to isolate the variable "d"

3d ÷ 3 = d

27 ÷ 3 = 9

So...

d = 9

That means Dean has 9 trophies. But we are not done yet because we need to figure out how many trophies Victor has. Since Victor has 2 times the number of trophies as Dean we can do...

2 · 9 = 18

Therefore, Victor has 18 trophies!

Hope this helps :)