Question

Help on 37? Thank you!

Answer 1

So if the total is 72

We have to get the denominator of both fractions to be the same so let’s do

3/8 = 18/48
1/6 = 8/48

So if the total is 72 we need to do

18/48 = ?/72

Than cross multiply and let’s change ? into x

48x=1,296

Than divide both sides by 48 to solve for x

x=27

So Paquito scored 27 points

Nows let’s find Jeff’s total points by doing

8/48 = ?/72

Cross multiply once more and change ? To y this time

48y=576

And now divide both sides by 48 to get y

y=12

So Jeff scored 12 points

But that isn’t what the question is asking it’s asking how many did they score together so now all we have to do is

27+12=39

The total amount of points scored by Jeff and Paquito together was 39