Question

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sally has 3 times as many pencil erasers as sam.Together they have 28 erasers
how many erasers does sally have?

Answer 1

Answer: 21 erasers

Why?

x = erasers Sam has

3x = erasers Sally has

x + 3x = 28 (because they have 28 erasers together)

4x = 28

x = 7 erasers

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Answer 2

Answer:

so first the steps are like this

together = 28

but here it has asked Sam erasers so we will do it's half 28 = 14+14

so now we will do it's 3 times

14×3 = 42 ans

Step-by-step explanation:

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