Question

Zack, Teri, and Paco combined the foreign stamps from their collections for a stamp show. Out of their collections, 45 of Zack's stamps, 16 of Teri's stamps, and 58 of Paco's stamps were from foreign countries. How many stamps were in their display? Complete the explanation of how you solved the problem. Use the table to answer the question. Stamps CollectedNameNumber of StampsZack30Teri36Paco48 To find how many foreign stamps were in each person's collection, find the fractional part of each of their collections that were ?. Then ? those numbers together. There were foreign stamps in their display.

Answer 1

33

Explanation:

Let

Z---------------- > number of zacks stamps collections for a stamp show

T---------------- > number of teri's stamps collections for a stamp show

P--------------- > number of pacos stamps collections for a stamp show

we know that

Z=(3/10)*30-----------> Z=9

T=(5/6)*18------------ > T=15

P=(3/8)*24------------->P=9

the answer is

number of zacks stamps collections for a stamp show was 9

number of teri's stamps collections for a stamp show was 15

number of pacos stamps collections for a stamp show was 9

In their display were 33 stamps