Question

Mary and Kyle together sold 225 candy bars for a fund raiser. Kyle sold twice as many candy bars as Mary.

How many candy bars did Kyle sale?

How many candy bars did Mary sale?

Answer 1

Kyle sold 150 candy bars and Mary sold 75.

Explanation:

the equation you want to use is 2x + x = 225.

the 2x is for Kyle and the x is for Mary.

then you can simplify to make it 3x = 225, divide both sides by 3 which gives you an x value of 75, and then you plug it into the original equation, which gives you:

2x + x = 2(75) + 75 = 225

Answer 2

Mary has 76.5, and Kyle has 178.5.