Question

Mary wants her friend to guess how many cards she has in her hand. She says that if the number of cards in her hand is tripled, and 4 are added, then she has 22 cards.

Answer 1

Answer:

22 minus 4 = 18

18 divided by 3 is equal to 6

then following from the question now that we got the answer

so she have 6 cards first then it tripled and now it's 18 Then she added four now it's 22

your welcome

Answer 2

Answer:

6

Step-by-step explanation:

let x be the number of cards

3x + 4 = 22

3x = 18

x = 6