Question

Luke has 5 more than triple the number of baseball cards his brother has collected so far. together they have 285 cards. How many cards does each person have?

Answer 1

Luke: 215

Luke's Brother: 70

Explanation:

First we subtract the differences. 285-5=280

Because Luke has triple the amount that his brother have, it means that we can divide the entire amount by 4. 280÷4=70

Luke has (70×3)+5=215

His brother has 70