Question

Mrs. Mahoney went shopping for the some canned goods, which were on sale. She bought three times as many cans of tomatoes as cans of peaches. The number of cans of tuna was twice the number of cans of peaches. If Mrs. Mahoney purchased a total of 24 cans, how many of each did she buy?

Answer 1

I think this is the answer:

Let the no. of cans of peaches be x

Now,The no. of cans of peaches are three times the no. of cans of tomatoes

Therefore,

Cans of tomatoes are 3x --------------(1)

And since the no. of cans of tuna are two times the cans of peaches

So,Cans of peaches are 2x--------(2)

And no. of peaches is x----------(3)

Adding equation (1) (2) and (3) gives us the total no. Of cans which are 24

So,

3x + x + 2x =24

6x=24

No. Of cans of peaches=x=4

So, no. Of cans of tomatoes are 3x =3*4

=12

And no. Of cans of tunas are 2x

=2*4

=8