Question

One day, during their vacation at a beach resort, Sheila found twice as many sea shells as Anita and Anita found 5 shells more than Sandy. Together Sandy and Sheila found 16 sea shells. How many shells did Anita find?
a) 18
b)7
c)4
d)3​

Answer 1

Answer:

Let sandy found x shells,

Then,

Anita has (x+5) shells

and Shella has 2(x+5) shells.

According to the question,

Shells of Shella + shells of sandy = 16

Therefore,

⇒2(x+5) + x =16

⇒2x+10+x=16

⇒3x=16-10

⇒x=6/3

⇒x=2

Therefore,

Shells with Shella = 14

Shells with sandy = 2

Shells with Anita = 7

Answer 2

Answer:

option B 7

Step-by-step explanation:

Anita finds 7 shells