Fran, Dan, and Stan have a total of 194 cards. Fran has 24 more than Dan, but 35 less than Stan. How many do each of them have? I don't know how to set this up. Thanks.

Answer 1

Are you sure that this is the exact wording for this problem?

Need to know info for either Dan or Stan.

You posted this almost exact same problem yesterday. I pasted that post below.

Answer 2

I hit 'post answer' too soon. See below.

Dan, Fran, and Stan have 194 cards. Dan has 24 less than Fran, and Stan has 35 more than Fran. How many do each of them have?

Let x = the number of cards that Fran has.

x + x - 24 + x + 35 = 194

3x + 11 = 194
3x = 183
x = 61