Question

Paul,Linda,and Aaron make homemade cards. Paul can make 1 card for every 3 cards Linda makes. Linda can make 3 cards for every 2 cards that Aaron makes. During the week,Aaron makes 72 cards. How many more cards does Linda make than Paul during the week?

Answer 1

Answer:

Linda makes 72 more cards than Paul

during the week

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we want to know how many cards Linda makes than Paul during the week.

We proceed as follows;

From the question;

If Paul makes 1 card, then Linda has made three

Now let’s get their relationship with Aaron;

If Aaron makes 2 cards , Linda has made three

Now since Aaron made 72 cards, Let’s say Linda has made x cards

Let’s get the value of x now

To get the value of x, we simply cross multiply;

2 - 3

72 - x

2 * x = 3 * 72

x = (3 * 72)/2 = 108 cards

Now recall , for every 3 cards of Linda, Paul made only 1;

So the number of cards Paul will make if Linda makes 108 will be 108/3 = 36

So the number of more cards that Linda makes than Paul during the week will be ; 108 -36 = 72 cards