Question

Sally, Emma and James have a total of 52 nerf toys. If James had 6 more, then he would have as many as both girls combined. Emma has three more toys than Sally. How many nerf toys do each of the three have.

(Please answer quickly it's due tomorrow morning)

Answer 1

emma: 6 toys, sally: 13 toys, james: 23 toys

Explanation:

if emma had x toys, sally would have (x-3) toys. and we know that if james had 6 more toys, he would have the same amount as both girls combined. so in this case in terms of x, james would have (x+x-3-6) toys, after simplification we get 2x-9 toys..

since we know that the three of them have 52 nerf toys as total, we can set up the equation:

x= number of toys emma has

2x-9+x+x-3=52

4x-12=52

x=16

emma has 16 toys, and sally has (16-3)=13 toys. finally, james has (2*16-9)=23 toys. 16+13+23=52