Question

Jake, Elijah, and Zaire had 65 Pokemon cards. Jake had two more cards than Elijah, and Elijah had three more cards than Zaire. How many cards did Jake have?

Answer 1

24

Explanation:

Given:

Total number of cards, T = 65

Let's take number of Elijah's cards as E

Jake's cards = J

Zaires's cards= Z

So we have,

J+E+Z = 65

We are told Jake had 2 more than Elijah=

J= E+2

Elijah had 3 more than Zaire. number of Zaire's card will be=

Z= E-3

We now have:

E+2+E-3+E = 65

3E = 65+1

3E = 66

E = 66/3

E=22

Number of Elijah's card is 22

We are told Jake had 2 more cards than Elijah. Therefore number of Jake's cards will be=

E + 2

= 22 + 2 = 24

Number of Jake's cards = 24

Answer 2

Answer: Jake has 24 cards

Explanation:

Let x represent the number of Pokemon cards that Elijah has.

Jake had two more cards than Elijah. It means that the number of cards that Jake has is x + 2

Elijah had three more cards than Zaire. It means that the number of cards that Zaire has is x - 3

Jake, Elijah, and Zaire had 65 Pokemon cards. It means that

x + x + 2 + x - 3 = 65

3x - 1 = 65

3x = 65 + 1 = 66

x = 66/3 = 22

The number of cards that Jake has is

x + 2 = 22 + 2 = 24