Question

Two boys earn money mowing lawns. Jacob mowed 12 lawns this week. He mowed 3 times as many lawns as Kevin mowed. In which equation does the box represent the number of lawns Kevin mowed?

Answer 1

Kevin mowed 4 lawns

Explanation:

Let the number of lawns Kevin mowed be x.

12 = 3x

x = 4

Topic: Algebraic equations

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