Question

Mary, Peter, and Lucy were picking chestnuts. Mary picked twice as much chestnuts than Peter. Lucy picked 2 kg more than Peter. Together the three of them picked 26 kg of chestnuts. How many kilograms did each of them pick?

Answer 1

Qᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴ

ᴍᴀʀʏ, ᴘᴇᴛᴇʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴜᴄʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴘɪᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴄʜᴇsᴛɴᴜᴛs. ᴍᴀʀʏ ᴘɪᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴛᴡɪᴄᴇ ᴀs ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴄʜᴇsᴛɴᴜᴛs ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴘᴇᴛᴇʀ. ʟᴜᴄʏ ᴘɪᴄᴋᴇᴅ 2 ᴋɢ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴘᴇᴛᴇʀ. ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴘɪᴄᴋᴇᴅ 26 ᴋɢ ᴏғ ᴄʜᴇsᴛɴᴜᴛs. ʜᴏᴡ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴋɪʟᴏɢʀᴀᴍs ᴅɪᴅ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴘɪᴄᴋ?

ANSWER

=Lᴇᴛ $x$ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴍᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴘᴇʀ ᴘᴀᴄᴋᴇᴅ. ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴍᴀʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴜᴄʏ ᴘɪᴄᴋᴇᴅ $2x$ ᴀɴᴅ $x + 2$ ʀᴇsᴘᴇᴄᴛɪᴇᴠᴇʟʏ. sᴏ

=$x + 2x + x$ + 2 = 26

= $4x$ = 24

= $x$ = 6

Tʜᴇʀᴇғᴏʀᴇ, ᴘᴇᴛᴇʀ,ᴍᴀʀʏ,ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴜᴄʏ ᴘɪᴄᴋᴇᴅ 6,12 ᴀɴᴅ 8ᴋɢ ʀᴇsᴘᴇᴄᴛɪᴇᴠᴇʟʏ.

Answer 2

Answer:

x=6 is your answer of this question