Question

Michael and Minnie are gathering coats for a coat-drive at their school. Minnie gathers 3 times as many coats as Michael and together they have 52 coats. How many coats did Michael contribute? A) 13 B) 15 C) 39 D) 41

Answer 1

Let the number of coats Michael has = x

As given, Minnie gathers 3 times as many coats as Michael

So, Minnie has = 3x

Total number of coats = 52

Equation becomes,

$x+3x=52$

$4x=52$

$x=13$

Hence, Michael contributed 13 coats.