Question

Mrs. Goby and mrs. Laplant and miss Williams collected 64 box tops. Mrs William's collected 4 more then mrs. Goby. Miss Williams and mrs Laplant collected the same number of box tops. How many box tops did mrs. William's collect?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let the box tops collected by Mrs Goby be represented by x.

Since Mrs William's collected 4 more then mrs. Goby, Mrs Williams will have: = x+4

Miss Williams and mrs Laplant had the same number of box tops. They both had x+4 box tops.

To calculate the number of box tops that mrs. William's collect will be:

x + (x + 4) + (x + 4) = 64

3x + 8 = 64

3x = 64 - 8

3x = 56

x = 56/3

x = 18 1/3

Therefore, box too collected by Miss Williams will be:

= x + 4

= 18 1/3 + 4

= 22 1/3

= 22 approximately