after playing a game, Jada had twice as many points as Steve. Steve had half as many points as Ashley. Altogether, they had 40 p

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3 years ago

5

oints. How many points did Jada have?

1 answer:

LekaFEV [45] · Answer 1 · 2023-01-17T19:21:27+03:00

We are required to find the total points Jada had

let

Ashley points = x

Steve points = 1/2 of x = 1/2x

Jada = 2 × 1/2x

= 2 1/2x

Total points = 40

Total = Ashley + Steve + Jada

40 = x + 1/2x + 2 1/2x

40 = x + 3x

40 = 4x

divide both sides by 4

x = 40/4

x = 10 points

Therefore,

Ashley points = x

= 10 points

Steve points = 1/2 of x = 1/2x

= 1/2 of 10

= 1/2 × 10

= 5 points

Jada = 2 1/2x

= 5/2 × 10

= 50/2

= 25 points