Tom is 4U
Jerry is 1U
Ali is 4U+36
279-36=243
243/9=27
27*4=108 (tom)
108-27=81
Answer:a) 27
b) 81
Tom,Jerry and Ali share 279 marbles. Tom has 4 times as many marbles as Jerry and Ali has 36 more marbles than Tom.
(a)How many marbles does Jerry have?
(b)How many more marbles does Tom have than Jerry?
2 answers
Kayla, in your solution you defined variables but then never used them
Jerry's marbles --- x
Tom's marbles ---- 4x
Ali's marbles ---- 4x + 36
their sum is 279
x + 4x + 4x+36 = 279
9x = 243
x = 27
Jerry has 27 marbles
Tom has 108 marbles
Ali has 144 marbles
Tom has 81 more marbles than Jerry
Jerry's marbles --- x
Tom's marbles ---- 4x
Ali's marbles ---- 4x + 36
their sum is 279
x + 4x + 4x+36 = 279
9x = 243
x = 27
Jerry has 27 marbles
Tom has 108 marbles
Ali has 144 marbles
Tom has 81 more marbles than Jerry