Question

one day, during their vacation at beach resort, shells found twice as many seashells as anita and anita found 5 shells more than sandy. together sandy and shells found 16 sea shells. how many did each of them find?

Answer 1

Answer:

The number of sea shells found by Shella = 2 (x + 5). Thus, the number of sea shells found by Sandy = x = 4, The number of sea shells found by Anita = x + 5 = 4 + 5 = 9, The number of sea shells found by Shelia = 2 (x + 5) = 2 (4 + 5) = 2(9) = 18.