Tom has 5 times as many comic books as Deborah. Deborah has 40% of the number of comic books that George has. if the total number of comics owned by the three friends is 204, how many are owned by Tom?

Answer 1

number for George --- x
Deb has ----- .4x
Tom has 5(.4x) or 2x

x + .4x + 2x = 204

solve for x