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Pick a number, triple it and add the two numbers. See what gets you a sum of 160.
Pick a number, triple it and add the two numbers. See what gets you a sum of 160.
Since Sally collected 3 times as many acorns as Dave, we can say that the number of acorns Sally collected is represented by "3x".
According to the problem, Sally and Dave collected a total of 160 acorns. So we can write the equation:
x + 3x = 160
Combining like terms, we get:
4x = 160
To solve for x, we divide both sides of the equation by 4:
x = 160 / 4
x = 40
Therefore, Dave collected 40 acorns.
Let's assume "x" represents the number of acorns Dave collected.
Since Sally collected 3 times as many acorns as Dave, we can represent the number of acorns Sally collected as "3x".
According to the problem, the total number of acorns collected by both Sally and Dave is 160.
So, we can set up the equation:
x + 3x = 160
Combining like terms, we have:
4x = 160
Now, let's solve for x by dividing both sides of the equation by 4:
4x/4 = 160/4
x = 40
Therefore, Dave collected 40 acorns.