Question

1) Tom had 47 portugals which he shared with his 2 friends Ryan and Neil. He gave Neil 3 less than Ryan and kept 5 more than Ryan. Calculate how many portugals Tom kept for himself.

Answer 1

Answer:

if im correct i think 37 try it

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Tom kept 20 portugals for himself.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let "n" be the number of portugals Tom kept for himself, then...

# of portugals which he gave to Ryan = n - 5

# of portugals which he gave to Neil = Ryan's portugals - 3 = (n - 5) - 3 = n - 8

Now, we know that...

Tom's  portugals + Ryan's  portugals + Neil's  portugals = 47

Now substatute the values and get...

n + (n - 5) + (n - 8) = 47

n + n - 5 + n - 8 = 47

3n - 13 = 47

3n = 47 + 13

3n = 60

n = 20

Therefore Tom kept 20 portugals for himself.