Question

four friends checked out a total of 104 books. Newt took out half as many as Jenna. Sarita checked out 5 more books then sheerab, who borrowed twice as many as jenna. How many books did each person check out?

Answer 1

Answer:

Newt: 9

Jenna: 18

Sheerab: 36

Sarita: 41

Step-by-step explanation:

First, you want to have x equal Newt because he borrowed the least. So then Jenna is 2x, Sheerab is 4x, and Sarita is 4x + 5. So now we add everything together and we have x + 2x + 4x + 4x + 5 = 104. That equals 11x + 5 = 104. We subtract 5 from each side, and that equals 11x = 99. Divide each side by 11 and x equals 9. So now we add everyone up and the answer is up there. I hope this helps and please mark me brainliest!