There are 72 tokens with Riley and 63 tokens with Erik
Solution:
Riley and Erik have earned a total of 135 tokens to buy items in the school store
Total number of tokens = 135
The ratio of the number of tokens that Riley had to the number of tokens that Erik has is 8 to 7
Number of tokens with Riley : Number of tokens with Erik = 8 : 7
Let the number of tokens with Riley be 8x
Let the number of tokens with Erik be 7x
Since, Total number of tokens = 135
number of tokens with Riley + number of tokens with Erik = 135
8x + 7x = 135
15x = 135
x = 9
Therefore,
Number of tokens with Riley = 8x = 8(9) = 72
Number of tokens with Erik = 7x = 7(9) = 63
Thus there are 72 tokens with Riley and 63 tokens with Erik