Lucas James and Oliver have a total of 370 game cards. James have twice as many game cards as Lucas. James have twice as many game cards as Lucas Oliver has 25 more game cards and James. how many game cards does James have?

Answer 1

Let's start by using variables to represent the number of game cards each person has. Let L be the number of game cards Lucas has, J be the number of game cards James has, and O be the number of game cards Oliver has.

From the problem statement, we know that:

- J + L + O = 370 (the total number of game cards)
- J = 2L (James has twice as many game cards as Lucas)
- O = J + 25 (Oliver has 25 more game cards than James)

We can use substitution to solve for J in terms of L:

J = 2L
O = J + 25 = 2L + 25
J + L + O = 370
2L + L + 2L + 25 = 370
5L = 345
L = 69

Now that we know that Lucas has 69 game cards, we can use the equation J = 2L to find out how many game cards James has:

J = 2L = 138

Therefore, James has 138 game cards.