Kato has twice as many books as wasswa if they have 27 books altogether how many books does wasswa have

Answer 1

Let's denote the number of books Wasswa has as \( x \). According to the problem, Kato has twice as many books as Wasswa, so Kato has \( 2x \) books.

The total number of books they have together is 27, so we can set up the following equation:

\[ x + 2x = 27 \]

This simplifies to:

\[ 3x = 27 \]

Now, we can solve for \( x \):

\[ x = \frac{27}{3} = 9 \]

So, Wasswa has 9 books.

To find out how many books Kato has:

\[ 2x = 2 \times 9 = 18 \]

Thus, Wasswa has 9 books and Kato has 18 books.