SOLUTION: Bill has 180 cards. He has 3 times as many infielders as outfielders. Calculate how may of each does he have.

Question 251245: Bill has 180 cards. He has 3 times as many infielders as outfielders. Calculate how may of each does he have.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Bill has 180 cards. He has 3 times as many infielders as outfielders. Calculate how may of each does he have.
-------
Let # of outfielders be "x".
Then # of infielders is "3x".
------
Equation:
x + 3x = 180
4x = 180
x = 45 (# of outfielders)
3x = 135 (# of infielders)
-------------------------------
Cheers,
Stan H.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Bill has 4 times as many quarters as dimes.In all he has $2.20.How many coins of each... (answered by College Student)

Bill has 4 times as many quarters as dimes.In all he has $2.20.How many coins of each... (answered by haileytucki,richard1234)

Bill has 5 times as many baseball cards as Fred. Tim has 3 fewer than 4 times as many (answered by josmiceli)

Joe has 16 baseball cards that football cards. He also noticed that of the total he has... (answered by mukhopadhyay)

Joe has 16 more baseball cards than football cards. He also noticed that of the total he... (answered by lynnlo)

If Bill has 2 times as many quarters as dimes and they have a combined value of 480... (answered by addingup,ikleyn)

Dexter has 36 pets He has 3 times as many fish as mice and half as many cats as mice How... (answered by College Student)

Dexter has 36 pets. He has 3 times as many fish as mice and half as many cats as mice.... (answered by checkley77)

If Rob has 2 times as many nickels as dimes and they have a combined value of 180 cents,... (answered by Alan3354)