Question

One day during their vacation at a beach resort,Shella found twice as many sea shells as anita and Anita found 5 shells more than Sandy . Together Sandy and Shella found 16 sea shells. How many did each of them find? ​

Answer 1

let sandy get x shells then ,

anita = 5+x , shella = 2(5+x)

logically ,

shella's shells + sandy's shells = shells they found in total

=>x + 10+2x =16 => 3x=16-10=> x= 6/3 =>x=2

•°• shella = 14 shells

anita = 7 shells

sandy = 2 shells ... hope i am able to help u ....