Question

Lance has 3 time as many pencils as Nick, and they have 84 pencils together. How many pencils does each of them have?

Answer 1

21 pencils for Nick and 63 pencils for Lance

Explanation:

• Lance is said to have 3 times the pencils Nick has.
• Let's keep the number of pencils Nick has as x.
• If Nick has x pencils that means Lance has 3x pencils.
• The total number of pencils present is 84.

Now let's make an equation out of the information above:

3x + x = 84

Now solve for x.

3x + x = 84

4x = 84

x = 84/4

x = 21

So Nick has 21 pencils

Now for Lance:

3x

3 * (21) = 63

So Lance has 63 pencils

63 + 21 = 84 pencils