Question

Quiana has 7 times more text messages from Yolanda than from Pierre. Quiana has 56 text messages from Yolanda. Which equation can be used to find how many text messages Quiana has from Pierre, p?

Answer 1

Quiana has 8 text messages from Pierre.

Explanation:

This question can be solved using a rule of three.

Quiana has 7 times more text messages from Yolanda than from Pierre.

This means that for each message that she receives from Pierre, she receives 7 from Yolanda.

She received 56 from Yolanda.

So

7 messages from Yolanda - 1 messages from Pierre

56 messages from Yolanda - x messages from Pierre

`7x = 56`

`x = (56)/(7)`

`x = 8`

Quiana has 8 text messages from Pierre.