Alicia has some hair braids her sister has a third as many hair braids as she does they have 1620 braids in all haw many braids does alicia have

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Set up the equation x+1/3x=1620 where x= the number of braids Alicia has

1 1/3x=1620

x=1215

Alicia has 1215 braids
1620*(1/3)=540braids
@AAA the question asks how many does Alicia have, not her sister.