Question

joe, jim,and jack share 27 football cards equally .ho many cards does each boy get ?

Answer 1

let the cards got by Joe, jim,and jack be = x 
as they are equally shared
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x + x+ x = 27

3x = 27

x =9

therefore each boy will get 9 cards

Answer 2

No. of cards each one will get = y

As you know, 27 cards is shared between 3 boys.

So,
y = 27/3

∴y = 9