SOLUTION: Quebec City has nine times as many days of sunshine than the city of Vancouver. Together, they have 305 days of sunshine. How many days of sunshine does each location get?

Question 1177073: Quebec City has nine times as many days of sunshine than the city of Vancouver. Together, they have 305
days of sunshine. How many days of sunshine does each location get?

Found 3 solutions by ikleyn, Alan3354, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52799)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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This phrase " . . . has nine times as many days of sunshine than . . . "

CONTRADICTS to the norms of the English language.

PLEASE do not post gibberish to this forum.

Thank you very much and have a nice day (!)

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Hello, I can not place it safely in my mind:

        do they really count halves of the days as sunshine ?

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Alan, if (and when) I see at least one gibberish in a post, I can not trust the rest of the content of the post.

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Quebec City has nine times as many days of sunshine than the city of Vancouver. Together, they have 305
days of sunshine. How many days of sunshine does each location get?
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Q = 9V
Q + V = 305
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9V + V = 305
10V = 305
V = 30.5 days
Q = 274.5 days

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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..., nine times as many days of sunshine than the city of Vancouver.
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