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Alice Small and Rita Flynn sold a total of 400 cosmetic kits. Alice sold three times as many kits as Rita. How many did Rita sell?

Alice Small and Rita Flynn sold a total of 400 cosmetic kits. Alice sold three times as many kits as Rita. How many did Rita sell?
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Alice Small and Rita Flynn sold a total of 400 cosmetic kits. Alice sold three times as many kits as Rita. How many did Rita sell?

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User Bharat Parmar
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rita sold 100 cosmetic kits


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User Mahyard
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Rita sold x cosmetic kits.
Alice sold three times as many kits as Rita, so she sold 3x cosmetic kits.
They sold a total of 400 cosmetic kits.


x+3x=400 \\ 4x=400 \\ x=(400)/(4) \\ x=100

Rita sold 100 cosmetic kits.
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