SOLUTION: Marge worked 3 times as many hours as Sue. They worked a total of 32 hours. How many hours did Sue work?

SOLUTION: Marge worked 3 times as many hours as Sue. They worked a total of 32 hours. How many hours did Sue work?

Algebra.Com

Question 317883: Marge worked 3 times as many hours as Sue. They worked a total of 32 hours. How many hours did Sue work?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let Sue work for x hours
marge worked 3 times as Sue=3x
..
total they worked for 32 hours
..
x+3x=32
4x=32
x=32/4
x=8
..
Sue worked for 8 hours.

RELATED QUESTIONS
John and sue completed a job in 20 hours. If John worked twice as many hours as Sue, find (answered by robertb,lpinkney777)

Jane worked three times as many hours last week as tom did. If they worked a total of 28... (answered by josgarithmetic)

Tony worked 9/10 of an hour on a project. That is three times as long as Bill worked. How (answered by oscargut)

Jane worked 3 times as many hours last week as Jim did. If they worked 28 hours between... (answered by ewatrrr)

Bill and hiw wife, christine, and their son max, workied at a beverage stand at a three... (answered by midwood_trail,anyonegotadollar)

Ryan worked 3 more hours than Cameron.Both worked 15 hours total. How many hours did each (answered by macston)

Amit worked three more than twice as many hours as Kavita did. What isthe maximum amount (answered by mananth)

Evelyn and Eleanor worked a total of 36 hours. If Evelyn worked 10 hours longer than... (answered by jim_thompson5910)

John works two jobs. As a security guard he earns $8.75 per hour. As a landscape he earns (answered by josgarithmetic)