the ramirez family comes home from vacation to find their mailbox overflowing with mail. there are 6 more magazines than there a
re letters. there are twice as many bills as letters. there are 1/3 as many bills as pieces of junk mail. there are 18 pieces of junk mail. how many magazines are there?
To solve this problem you will want to work backwards. Start with the junk mail. There is 18 junk mail and if there are 1/3 as many bills as junk mail then you will need to multiply 18 * 1/3. This equals 6 bills. If there is twice as many bills as letters then you will need to divide bills(6) by 2 which equals 3. If there are 6 more magazines than letters then you need to add 6 to the letters (3). 3 + 6 = 9
