Question

Lake Alice is full of alligators and turtles the number of turtles is 16 less than 3 times the number of alligators in the lake there are 200 reptiles total

Answer 1

Answer:

The number of alligators and number of turtles are 54 and 146 respectively.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given :

The number of turtles is 16 less than 3 times the number of alligators in the lake

There are 200 reptiles total.

To Find :  Find the numbers of alligators and turtles .

Solution:

Let the number of alligators be x

So, The number of turtles is 16 less than 3 times the number of alligators

Number of turtles = 3x-16

Now we are given that there are 200 reptiles in total .

$x+3x-16=200$

$4x-16=200$

$4x=216$

$x=54$

Number of alligators = 54

Number of turtles = 3(54)-16 = 146

Hence the number of alligators and number of turtles are 54 and 146 respectively .

Answer 2

Answer:

72 alligators, 128 turtles

Step-by-step explanation:

When you put the words into the form of an equation, with a being alligators, you get

3a-16=200

So you have to do 'letters left numbers right'. This gives you

3a=216

Now you have to divide. 216 divided by 3 equals 72. So there are 72 alligators. 200 minus 72 equals 128, so there are 128 turtles