Answer: Jake has 24 cards
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent the number of Pokemon cards that Elijah has.
Jake had two more cards than Elijah. It means that the number of cards that Jake has is x + 2
Elijah had three more cards than Zaire. It means that the number of cards that Zaire has is x - 3
Jake, Elijah, and Zaire had 65 Pokemon cards. It means that
x + x + 2 + x - 3 = 65
3x - 1 = 65
3x = 65 + 1 = 66
x = 66/3 = 22
The number of cards that Jake has is
x + 2 = 22 + 2 = 24
Answer:
24
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
Total number of cards, T = 65
Let's take number of Elijah's cards as E
Jake's cards = J
Zaires's cards= Z
So we have,
J+E+Z = 65
We are told Jake had 2 more than Elijah=
J= E+2
Elijah had 3 more than Zaire. number of Zaire's card will be=
Z= E-3
We now have:
E+2+E-3+E = 65
3E = 65+1
3E = 66
E = 66/3
E=22
Number of Elijah's card is 22
We are told Jake had 2 more cards than Elijah. Therefore number of Jake's cards will be=
E + 2
= 22 + 2 = 24
Number of Jake's cards = 24
