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  • 15-03-2018
  • Mathematics
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Tom has 3 times as many pencils as pens but has a tota of 100 writing utensils. How many pencils do Tom have?

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SophSunseri SophSunseri
  • 15-03-2018
Tom has 75 pencils.
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juliamikhail1 juliamikhail1
  • 15-03-2018
The equation to use is 100= 3x+x. Now solve by combining like terms to get 4x=100 then divide to get x=25. He has 25 pencils. Hope this helps :)
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